Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 9
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
Um desespero estereotipado, mas inconsciente, está oculto mesmo sob o que se chama de jogos e diversões da humanidade.
There is no play in them, for this comes after work.
Não há brincadeira neles, pois esta vem depois do trabalho.
But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Mas é uma característica da sabedoria não fazer coisas desesperadas.
When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other.
Quando consideramos qual é, para usar as palavras do catecismo, o principal fim do homem, e quais são as verdadeiras necessidades e meios de vida, parece como se os homens tivessem deliberadamente escolhido o modo comum de viver porque o preferiam a qualquer outro.
Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.
No entanto, eles sinceramente acham que não há escolha.
But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear.
Mas naturezas alertas e saudáveis lembram que o sol nasceu claro.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
Nunca é tarde demais para abandonar nossos preconceitos.
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.
Nenhuma forma de pensar ou agir, por mais antiga que seja, pode ser confiada sem prova.
What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields.
O que todos repetem ou deixam passar em silêncio como verdade hoje pode revelar-se mentira amanhã, mera fumaça de opinião, na qual alguns confiaram como uma nuvem que derramaria chuva fertilizante sobre seus campos.
What old people say you cannot do you try and find that you can.
O que os velhos dizem que você não pode fazer, você tenta e descobre que pode.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Velhas ações para os velhos, e novas ações para os novos.
Old people did not know enough once, perchance, to fetch fresh fuel to keep the fire a-going; new people put a little dry wood under a pot, and are whirled round the globe with the speed of birds, in a way to kill old people, as the phrase is.
Os velhos não sabiam o suficiente outrora, talvez, para buscar combustível fresco para manter o fogo aceso; os novos colocam um pouco de lenha seca sob uma panela e são girados ao redor do globo com a velocidade dos pássaros, de um jeito que mata os velhos, como se diz.
Vocabulary
- Um
- One; a/an (indefinite article)
- desespero
- Despair; loss of hope or confidence
- estereotipado
- Stereotyped; lacking originality or variety
- mas
- But; however (conjunction)
- inconsciente
- Unconscious; unaware of one's actions
- está
- Is; third person singular of estar
- oculto
- Hidden; concealed or not visible
- mesmo
- Same; even (adverb or adjective)
- sob
- Under; beneath (preposition)
- que
- That; which (relative/subordinate conjunction)
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun or conditional marker
- chama
- Calls; names (third person singular)
- de
- Of; from (preposition)
- jogos
- Games; plays (plural noun)
- diversões
- Amusements; entertainments (plural noun)
- da
- Of the; from the (preposition contraction)
- humanidade
- Humanity; human beings collectively
- Não
- No; not (negation particle)
- há
- There is; there are (existential verb)
- brincadeira
- Joke; play or playfulness
- neles
- In them; within them (pronoun)
- pois
- Because; for; since (conjunction)
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- vem
- Comes; arrives (third person singular)
- depois
- After; afterwards; later (adverb)
- do
- Of the; from the (preposition contraction)
- trabalho
- Work; labor; employment
- Mas
- But; however (conjunction)
- uma
- A; an (feminine indefinite article)
- característica
- Characteristic; feature; trait
- sabedoria
- Wisdom; knowledge and good judgment
- não
- Not; no (negation)
- fazer
- To do; to make (infinitive verb)
- coisas
- Things; objects (plural noun)
- desesperadas
- Desperate; hopeless or extreme actions
- Quando
- When; at which time (conjunction)
- consideramos
- We consider; we think about
- qual
- Which; what (interrogative/relative pronoun)
- para
- For; in order to; towards
- usar
- To use; to employ (infinitive)
- as
- The (feminine plural article)
- palavras
- Words; language (plural noun)
- catecismo
- Catechism; religious instruction or doctrine
- principal
- Principal; main; primary or chief
- fim
- End; purpose; goal or objective
- homem
- Man; human male (singular noun)
- quais
- Which ones; what (plural interrogative)
- são
- Are (third person plural of ser)
- verdadeiras
- True; real; genuine (feminine plural)
- necessidades
- Necessities; needs; requirements (plural)
- meios
- Means; ways; methods (plural noun)
- vida
- Life; existence; living
- parece
- Seems; appears (third person singular)
- como
- Like; as; how (conjunction/adverb)
- os
- The (masculine plural article)
- homens
- Men; human males (plural noun)
- tivessem
- Had (subjunctive past of ter)
- deliberadamente
- Deliberately; intentionally; on purpose
- escolhido
- Chosen; selected (past participle)
- modo
- Mode; manner; way; method
- comum
- Common; ordinary; general or typical
- viver
- To live; to exist (infinitive)
- porque
- Because; for the reason that
- preferiam
- Preferred (imperfect of preferir)
- qualquer
- Any; whatever; some unspecified thing
- outro
- Other; another (masculine singular)
- No
- In the; at the (preposition contraction)
- entanto
- However; meanwhile; in the meantime
- eles
- They (masculine plural pronoun)
- sinceramente
- Sincerely; honestly; genuinely
- acham
- Find; think; consider (third plural)
- escolha
- Choice; selection (noun or verb)
- naturezas
- Natures; essences; natural character (plural)
- alertas
- Alert; aware; watchful (adjective)
- saudáveis
- Healthy; wholesome; in good health
- lembram
- Remember; remind (third person plural)
- sol
- Sun; the celestial body
- nasceu
- Was born; arose (past of nascer)
- claro
- Clear; bright; obviously evident
- Nunca
- Never; not ever; at no time
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