Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 12
This was not the light in which I hoed them.
Esta não era a perspectiva sob a qual eu os cultivava.
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles!
As estrelas são os vértices de que maravilhosos triângulos!
What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment!
Que seres distantes e diferentes nas várias mansões do universo estão contemplando o mesmo astro no mesmo instante!
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions.
A natureza e a vida humana são tão variadas quanto as nossas diferentes constituições.
Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
Quem poderá dizer que perspectiva a vida oferece a outrem?
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Poderia haver milagre maior do que olharmos pelos olhos uns dos outros por um instante?
We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages.
Viveríamos em todas as eras do mundo em uma hora; sim, em todos os mundos das eras.
History, Poetry, Mythology!—I know of no reading of another's experience so startling and informing as this would be.
História, Poesia, Mitologia! — Não conheço leitura da experiência alheia tão surpreendente e esclarecedora quanto esta seria.
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.
A maior parte do que meus vizinhos chamam de bom, acredito em minha alma ser mau, e se me arrependo de algo, é muito provável que seja do meu bom comportamento.
What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?
Que demônio me possuiu para que eu me comportasse tão bem?
You may say the wisest thing you can, old man,—you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind,—I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.
Podes dizer a coisa mais sábia que conseguires, velho, — tu que viveste setenta anos, não sem uma certa honra, — ouço uma voz irresistível que me convida a afastar-me de tudo isso.
One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.
Uma geração abandona os empreendimentos de outra como navios encalhados.
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.
Penso que podemos confiar com segurança muito mais do que confiamos.
We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
Podemos dispensar exatamente tanto cuidado de nós mesmos quanto honestamente dedicamos a outros.
Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.
A natureza está tão bem adaptada à nossa fraqueza quanto à nossa força.
Vocabulary
- Esta
- ES-ta — This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- não
- nãw — No; not (negation)
- era
- EH-ra — Was; it was (past tense of ser)
- perspectiva
- pers-pek-TEE-va — Perspective; point of view; outlook
- sob
- sob — Under; beneath; below
- qual
- kwal — Which; that (relative or interrogative pronoun)
- eu
- EH-oo — I (first-person singular pronoun)
- cultivava
- kul-ti-VA-va — Cultivated; was cultivating (imperfect past)
- estrelas
- es-TREH-las — Stars; celestial bodies visible at night
- são
- sãw — Are (third-person plural of ser)
- vértices
- VER-ti-ses — Vertices; corner points of geometric shapes
- maravilhosos
- ma-ra-vi-LYO-zus — Wonderful; marvelous; amazing (masculine plural)
- triângulos
- tri-AN-gu-lus — Triangles; three-sided geometric figures
- Que
- ke — What; how (exclamatory usage)
- seres
- SEH-res — Beings; living creatures or entities
- distantes
- dis-TAN-tes — Distant; far away; remote
- diferentes
- di-fe-REN-tes — Different; distinct; unlike one another
- várias
- VA-ri-as — Various; several; different (feminine plural)
- mansões
- man-SÕYS — Mansions; grand dwellings; abodes
- universo
- u-ni-VER-su — Universe; all of existence and space
- estão
- es-TÃW — Are (third-person plural of estar)
- contemplando
- kon-tem-PLAN-du — Contemplating; gazing at; observing thoughtfully
- mesmo
- MEZ-mu — Same; identical; self (adjective/pronoun)
- astro
- AS-tru — Celestial body; star or heavenly object
- instante
- ins-TAN-te — Instant; moment; very brief period of time
- natureza
- na-tu-REH-za — Nature; the natural world; inherent character
- vida
- VEE-da — Life; existence; living experience
- humana
- u-MA-na — Human (feminine adjective); of humanity
- tão
- tãw — So; as; such (adverb of degree)
- variadas
- va-ri-A-das — Varied; diverse; assorted (feminine plural)
- quanto
- KWAN-tu — As much as; how much (comparative)
- nossas
- NO-sas — Our (feminine plural possessive adjective)
- constituições
- kons-ti-tui-SÕYS — Constitutions; physical or legal frameworks
- Quem
- kẽy — Who (interrogative or relative pronoun)
- poderá
- po-de-RA — Will be able to; can (future tense)
- dizer
- di-ZER — To say; to tell; to express verbally
- oferece
- o-fe-REH-se — Offers; provides; presents something to someone
- outrem
- ow-TRẼY — Another person; someone else; others
- Poderia
- po-de-REE-a — Could; would be able to (conditional tense)
- haver
- a-VER — To have; to exist; there to be
- milagre
- mi-LA-gre — Miracle; extraordinary and wonderful event
- maior
- ma-YOR — Greater; larger; bigger (comparative adjective)
- olharmos
- ol-YAR-mus — For us to look; looking (first-person plural)
- pelos
- PEH-lus — Through the; by the (masculine plural contraction)
- olhos
- OL-yus — Eyes; organs of sight
- uns
- uns — Some; ones (masculine indefinite plural pronoun)
- outros
- OW-trus — Others; other people or things
- por
- por — For; by; through; per (preposition)
- Viveríamos
- vi-ve-REE-a-mus — We would live (first-person plural conditional)
- todas
- TO-das — All; every (feminine plural adjective)
- eras
- EH-ras — Eras; long periods of historical time
- mundo
- MUN-du — World; Earth; all of human society
- hora
- O-ra — Hour; a unit of sixty minutes
- sim
- sĩ — Yes (affirmative response)
- todos
- TO-dus — All; every (masculine plural adjective)
- mundos
- MUN-dus — Worlds; planets; separate realms of existence
- História
- is-TO-ri-a — History; the study of past human events
- Poesia
- po-e-ZEE-a — Poetry; literary art in verse form
- Mitologia
- mi-to-lo-ZHEEa — Mythology; collection of traditional myths and legends
- Não
- nãw — No; not (negation)
- conheço
- ko-NYE-su — I know; I am acquainted with something
- leitura
- ley-TU-ra — Reading; the act of reading a text
- experiência
- es-pe-ri-EN-sia — Experience; practical knowledge gained over time
- alheia
- al-YEY-a — Another's; belonging to someone else
- surpreendente
- sur-pre-en-DEN-te — Surprising; astonishing; unexpected
- esclarecedora
- es-kla-re-se-DO-ra — Enlightening; clarifying; illuminating understanding
- esta
- ES-ta — This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- seria
- se-REE-a — Would be (conditional of ser)
- parte
- PAR-te — Part; portion; section of something
- meus
- MEH-us — My (masculine plural possessive adjective)
- vizinhos
- vi-ZEE-nyus — Neighbors; people living nearby
- chamam
- SHA-mãw — Call; they name or refer to
- bom
- bõ — Good; positive; virtuous (masculine adjective)
- acredito
- a-kre-DEE-tu — I believe; I think; I trust
- minha
- MEE-nya — My (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- alma
- AL-ma — Soul; spirit; inner essence of a person
- ser
- ser — To be (infinitive of the verb ser)
- mau
- MAH-oo — Bad; evil; wicked (masculine adjective)
- se
- se — If; oneself (conditional conjunction or reflexive)
- me
- me — Me; myself (first-person reflexive pronoun)
- arrependo
- a-rre-PEN-du — I repent; I regret; I feel remorse
- algo
- AL-gu — Something; anything (indefinite pronoun)
- é
- eh — Is (third-person singular present of ser)
- muito
- MWEE-tu — Very; much; a lot (adverb/adjective)
- provável
- pro-VA-vel — Probable; likely; reasonably expected
- seja
- SEH-zha — Be (subjunctive present of ser)
- meu
- MEH-oo — My (masculine singular possessive adjective)
- comportamento
- kom-por-ta-MEN-tu — Behavior; conduct; manner of acting
- demônio
- de-MO-ni-u — Demon; evil spirit; devil
- possuiu
- po-SWEE-oo — Possessed; owned; had control over (past)
- para
- PA-ra — For; to; in order to (preposition)
- comportasse
- kom-por-TA-se — Behaved (past subjunctive of comportar-se)
- bem
- bẽy — Well; good; properly (adverb)
- Podes
- PO-des — You can; you are able to (second-person)
- coisa
- KOY-za — Thing; object; matter; affair
- mais
- mahys — More; most; additionally (adverb/adjective)
- sábia
- SA-bi-a — Wise; knowing; sagacious (feminine adjective)
- conseguires
- kon-se-GHEE-res — If you manage to; you achieve (subjunctive)
- velho
- VEL-yu — Old; aged; elderly (masculine adjective)
- tu
- tu — You (second-person singular pronoun)
- viveste
- vi-VES-te — You lived (second-person past tense)
- setenta
- se-TEN-ta — Seventy (cardinal number)
- anos
- A-nus — Years (plural of ano)
- sem
- sẽy — Without; lacking (preposition)
- certa
- SER-ta — Certain; sure; particular (feminine adjective)
- honra
- ON-ra — Honor; dignity; moral integrity
- ouço
- OW-su — I hear; I listen (first-person present)
- voz
- voz — Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing
- irresistível
- i-rre-zis-TEE-vel — Irresistible; impossible to resist or refuse
- convida
- kon-VEE-da — Invites; calls; entices someone to do something
- afastar-me
- a-fas-TAR-me — To move away from; to distance myself
- tudo
- TU-du — Everything; all (indefinite pronoun)
- isso
- EE-su — That; this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- geração
- zhe-ra-SÃW — Generation; people born around the same time
- abandona
- a-ban-DO-na — Abandons; gives up; leaves behind
- empreendimentos
- em-pre-en-di-MEN-tus — Enterprises; undertakings; business ventures
- outra
- OW-tra — Another; other (feminine singular adjective)
- como
- KO-mu — Like; as; how (conjunction/adverb)
- navios
- na-VEE-us — Ships; large sea-going vessels
- encalhados
- en-kal-YA-dus — Stranded; run aground; stuck (past participle)
- Penso
- PEN-su — I think; I believe; I consider
- podemos
- po-DEH-mus — We can; we are able to
- confiar
- kon-fi-AR — To trust; to rely on; to have confidence
- segurança
- se-gu-RAN-sa — Safety; security; confidence; assurance
- confiamos
- kon-fi-A-mus — We trust; we rely on (first-person plural)
- Podemos
- po-DEH-mus — We can; we are able to
- dispensar
- dis-pen-SAR — To dispense with; to do without; to spare
- exatamente
- e-za-ta-MEN-te — Exactly; precisely; just right
- tanto
- TAN-tu — So much; as much; that much
- cuidado
- kwi-DA-du — Care; caution; attention; watchfulness
- nós
- noz — We; us (first-person plural pronoun)
- mesmos
- MEZ-mus — Ourselves; same (masculine plural reflexive)
- honestamente
- o-nes-ta-MEN-te — Honestly; sincerely; in a truthful manner
- dedicamos
- de-di-KA-mus — We dedicate; we devote (first-person plural)
- está
- es-TA — Is (third-person singular present of estar)
- adaptada
- a-dap-TA-da — Adapted; suited; adjusted (feminine past participle)
- nossa
- NO-sa — Our (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- fraqueza
- fra-KEH-za — Weakness; frailty; lack of strength
- força
- FOR-sa — Strength; force; power; might
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