Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 5
The portionless, who struggle with no such unnecessary inherited encumbrances, find it labor enough to subdue and cultivate a few cubic feet of flesh.
Os que não têm herança, que lutam sem tais encargos hereditários desnecessários, consideram trabalho suficiente subjugar e cultivar alguns pés cúbicos de carne.
But men labor under a mistake.
Mas os homens trabalham sob um equívoco.
The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.
A melhor parte do homem é logo arada para dentro do solo como adubo.
By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal.
Por um destino aparente, comumente chamado de necessidade, eles são empregados, como diz um livro antigo, acumulando tesouros que a traça e a ferrugem corromperão e os ladrões arrombarão e roubarão.
It is a fool's life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before.
É a vida de um tolo, como descobrirão quando chegarem ao fim dela, se não antes.
It is said that Deucalion and Pyrrha created men by throwing stones over their heads behind them:—
Diz-se que Deucalião e Pirra criaram os homens atirando pedras por cima de suas cabeças para trás de si:—
Inde genus durum sumus, experiensque laborum, Et documenta damus quâ simus origine nati.
Inde genus durum sumus, experiensque laborum, Et documenta damus quâ simus origine nati.
Or, as Raleigh rhymes it in his sonorous way,—
Ou, como Raleigh o versifica à sua maneira sonora,—
"From thence our kind hard-hearted is, enduring pain and care, Approving that our bodies of a stony nature are."
"Daí nossa estirpe é de coração duro, suportando dor e aflição, Provando que nossos corpos são de natureza pétrea."
So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell.
Tanto faz para uma obediência cega a um oráculo confuso, atirando as pedras por cima de suas cabeças para trás de si, sem ver onde elas caíam.
Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.
A maioria dos homens, mesmo neste país comparativamente livre, por mera ignorância e equívoco, está tão ocupada com os cuidados artificiais e os trabalhos superfluamente grosseiros da vida que seus frutos mais refinados não podem ser colhidos por eles.
Their fingers, from excessive toil, are too clumsy and tremble too much for that.
Seus dedos, pelo excesso de trabalho, são por demais desajeitados e tremem demasiadamente para isso.
Vocabulary
- não
- Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- têm
- Third person plural of 'ter', meaning 'they have'
- herança
- Property or assets passed down from ancestors
- lutam
- They fight or struggle against something
- sem
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- tais
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'such' or 'those'
- encargos
- Burdens, duties, or financial obligations one carries
- hereditários
- Passed down through family generations by inheritance
- desnecessários
- Not needed; superfluous or unnecessary things
- consideram
- They consider or regard something in a certain way
- trabalho
- Labor or work performed to accomplish a task
- suficiente
- Enough or adequate to meet a requirement
- subjugar
- To bring under control; to subdue or dominate
- cultivar
- To grow or tend to plants or land
- alguns
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- pés
- Feet, units of measurement or body parts
- cúbicos
- Adjective describing three-dimensional cubic measurement
- carne
- Flesh or meat of a body or animal
- Mas
- Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrast
- homens
- Plural of 'homem'; men or human beings
- trabalham
- They work or labor at a task or job
- sob
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'
- equívoco
- A misunderstanding or mistaken belief about something
- melhor
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'
- parte
- A portion or section of a larger whole
- homem
- A man or human being
- logo
- Soon, immediately, or right away
- arada
- Plowed or tilled, referring to worked farmland
- dentro
- Inside or within a space or container
- solo
- Soil or ground; earth where plants grow
- como
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as' or 'like'
- adubo
- Fertilizer or manure used to enrich soil
- Por
- Preposition meaning 'by', 'for', or 'through'
- destino
- Fate, destiny, or intended purpose of something
- aparente
- Seeming or appearing to be a certain way
- comumente
- Commonly or ordinarily; in a usual manner
- chamado
- Called or named; referred to as something
- necessidade
- A need or necessity required for survival
- empregados
- Employed workers or persons hired for a job
- diz
- Third person singular of 'dizer', meaning 'says'
- livro
- A book containing written or printed content
- antigo
- Old, ancient, or from a past era
- acumulando
- Accumulating or gathering increasing amounts of something
- tesouros
- Treasures; valuable possessions or riches stored away
- traça
- A moth or bookworm that damages materials
- ferrugem
- Rust; reddish corrosion that forms on metal
- corromperão
- They will corrupt, decay, or spoil something
- ladrões
- Thieves or robbers who steal others' property
- arrombarão
- They will break in or force open an entry
- roubarão
- They will steal or rob something from someone
- vida
- Life; the existence and experience of living
- tolo
- A fool or foolish person lacking good judgment
- descobrirão
- They will discover or find out something
- quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- chegarem
- When they arrive or reach a destination
- fim
- The end or conclusion of something
- dela
- Contraction of 'de' and 'ela', meaning 'of her'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun or conjunction meaning 'if' or 'oneself'
- antes
- Before; earlier in time or prior to something
- Diz-se
- It is said; an impersonal expression of reported speech
- criaram
- They created or gave rise to something
- atirando
- Throwing or hurling an object through the air
- pedras
- Stones or rocks found in nature
- por
- Preposition meaning 'through', 'by', or 'over'
- cima
- Top or above; the upper part of something
- suas
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her'
- cabeças
- Heads; the uppermost part of a human body
- trás
- Behind or in back of someone or something
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'themselves' or 'oneself'
- Ou
- Conjunction meaning 'or', presenting an alternative
- versifica
- He versifies or puts something into verse form
- sua
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- maneira
- Manner, way, or style of doing something
- sonora
- Sonorous or resonant; having a full rich sound
- Daí
- From there or therefore; indicating a consequence
- nossa
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our'
- estirpe
- Lineage, stock, or family descent
- coração
- Heart; the organ or seat of emotions
- duro
- Hard, tough, or difficult to bear
- suportando
- Enduring or bearing pain, hardship, or suffering
- dor
- Pain or ache experienced physically or emotionally
- aflição
- Affliction, distress, or deep suffering of the spirit
- Provando
- Proving or demonstrating something through experience
- nossos
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our' in masculine plural
- corpos
- Bodies; the physical structures of living beings
- natureza
- Nature; the natural world or inherent character of something
- pétrea
- Stony or rocky; resembling or made of stone
- Tanto
- So much or as much; indicating a degree
- faz
- Third person singular of 'fazer', meaning 'does' or 'makes'
- obediência
- Obedience; compliance with rules or authority
- cega
- Blind; unable to see or acting without reason
- oráculo
- An oracle; a divine or prophetic pronouncement
- confuso
- Confused, unclear, or difficult to understand
- ver
- To see or to look at something
- onde
- Where; indicating a place or location
- elas
- Third person feminine plural pronoun meaning 'they'
- caíam
- They were falling or used to fall down
- maioria
- The majority or greater part of a group
- mesmo
- Same, even, or self; used for emphasis
- neste
- Contraction of 'em' and 'este', meaning 'in this'
- país
- Country or nation where people live
- comparativamente
- Comparatively; in relation to or by comparison
- livre
- Free; not restricted or under control of another
- mera
- Mere or pure; nothing more than what is stated
- ignorância
- Ignorance; lack of knowledge or awareness about something
- tão
- So or as; used to indicate degree or comparison
- ocupada
- Occupied or busy with tasks or responsibilities
- cuidados
- Cares, worries, or tasks requiring attention
- artificiais
- Artificial or man-made; not natural in origin
- trabalhos
- Works, jobs, or laborious tasks performed
- superfluamente
- Superfluously; in an excessive or unnecessary manner
- grosseiros
- Coarse, crude, or rough in nature or manner
- seus
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'their'
- frutos
- Fruits or results produced by effort or nature
- mais
- More; indicating a greater quantity or degree
- refinados
- Refined, polished, or improved in quality
- podem
- They can or are able to do something
- ser
- To be; the infinitive form of the verb 'ser'
- colhidos
- Harvested or gathered, especially crops or results
- Seus
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'his'
- dedos
- Fingers or toes of the hands or feet
- pelo
- Contraction of 'por' and 'o', meaning 'by the'
- excesso
- Excess; an amount beyond what is necessary
- demais
- Too much; excessively beyond a normal amount
- desajeitados
- Clumsy or awkward in movement or handling things
- tremem
- They tremble or shake from cold, fear, or weakness
- demasiadamente
- Excessively or too much beyond a reasonable degree
- isso
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
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