Portuguese–English parallel text
Ali Babá e os Quarenta Ladrões
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Andrew Lang
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Em uma cidade na Pérsia moravam dois irmãos, um chamado Cassim e o outro Ali Babá. Cassim era casado com uma mulher rica e vivia na fartura, enquanto Ali Babá precisava sustentar a esposa e os filhos cortando lenha em uma floresta vizinha e vendendo-a na cidade. Um dia, quando Ali Babá estava na floresta, viu uma tropa de homens a cavalo vindo em sua direção em uma nuvem de poeira. Ele teve medo de que fossem ladrões e subiu em uma árvore para se proteger. Quando eles se aproximaram e desmontaram, ele contou quarenta homens. Eles tiraram os freios dos cavalos e os amarraram às árvores. O homem mais imponente entre eles, que Ali Babá supôs ser o capitão, deu alguns passos por entre uns arbustos e disse: “Abre-te, Sésamo!” com tanta clareza que Ali Babá o ouviu. Uma porta se abriu nas rochas e, depois de fazer a tropa entrar, ele a seguiu, e a porta se fechou sozinha outra vez. Eles ficaram algum tempo lá dentro e Ali Babá, temendo que saíssem e o pegassem, foi obrigado a esperar pacientemente sentado na árvore. Por fim, a porta se abriu de novo e os Quarenta Ladrões saíram. Como o Capitão havia entrado por último, saiu primeiro e fez com que todos passassem por ele; então, fechou a porta, dizendo: “Fecha-te, Sésamo!” Cada homem colocou o freio em seu cavalo e montou; o Capitão se pôs à frente e eles voltaram pelo mesmo caminho por onde tinham vindo.
In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Cassim, the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty, while Ali Baba had to maintain his wife and children by cutting wood in a neighboring forest and selling it in the town. One day, when Ali Baba was in the forest, he saw a troop of men on horseback, coming toward him in a cloud of dust. He was afraid they were robbers, and climbed into a tree for safety. When they came up to him and dismounted, he counted forty of them. They unbridled their horses and tied them to trees. The finest man among them, whom Ali Baba took to be their captain, went a little way among some bushes, and said: “Open, Sesame!” so plainly that Ali Baba heard him. A door opened in the rocks, and having made the troop go in, he followed them, and the door shut again of itself. They stayed some time inside, and Ali Baba, fearing they might come out and catch him, was forced to sit patiently in the tree. At last the door opened again, and the Forty Thieves came out. As the Captain went in last he came out first, and made them all pass by him; he then closed the door, saying: “Shut, Sesame!” Every man bridled his horse and mounted, the Captain put himself at their head, and they returned as they came.
Então Ali Babá desceu e foi até a porta escondida entre os arbustos e disse: “Abre-te, Sésamo!” e ela se abriu de par em par. Ali Babá, que esperava encontrar um lugar escuro e sombrio, ficou muito surpreso ao vê-lo espaçoso e bem iluminado, cavado pela mão do homem na forma de uma abóbada, que recebia a luz de uma abertura no teto. Ele viu ricos fardos de mercadorias — seda, brocados, tudo empilhado junto —, ouro e prata aos montes e dinheiro em bolsas de couro. Ele entrou e a porta se fechou atrás dele. Não olhou para a prata, mas trouxe para fora tantos sacos de ouro quantos achou que seus asnos, que pastavam do lado de fora, conseguiriam carregar, carregou-os com os sacos e escondeu tudo com feixes de lenha. Usando as palavras: “Fecha-te, Sésamo!”, fechou a porta e foi para casa.
Then Ali Baba climbed down and went to the door concealed among the bushes, and said: “Open, Sesame!” and it flew open. Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised to find it large and well lighted, hollowed by the hand of man in the form of a vault, which received the light from an opening in the ceiling. He saw rich bales of merchandise--silk, stuff-brocades, all piled together, and gold and silver in heaps, and money in leather purses. He went in and the door shut behind him. He did not look at the silver, but brought out as many bags of gold as he thought his asses, which were browsing outside, could carry, loaded them with the bags, and hid it all with fagots. Using the words: “Shut, Sesame!” he closed the door and went home.
Depois, levou seus asnos para o pátio, fechou os portões, levou os sacos de dinheiro para a esposa e os esvaziou diante dela. Ele pediu a ela que guardasse o segredo e disse que iria enterrar o ouro. “Deixe-me primeiro medi-lo”, disse a esposa. “Vou pegar uma medida emprestada com alguém enquanto você cava o buraco.” Então, ela correu até a esposa de Cassim e pediu uma medida emprestada. Sabendo da pobreza de Ali Babá, a cunhada ficou curiosa para descobrir que tipo de grão a mulher dele queria medir e, com astúcia, colocou um pouco de sebo no fundo da medida. A esposa de Ali Babá foi para casa, pôs a medida sobre o monte de ouro, enchendo-a e esvaziando-a muitas vezes, para seu grande contentamento. Em seguida, levou-a de volta para a cunhada, sem perceber que uma moeda de ouro havia grudado nela, o que a esposa de Cassim notou assim que ela virou as costas. Ficou muito curiosa e disse a Cassim quando ele chegou em casa: “Cassim, seu irmão é mais rico do que você. Ele não conta o dinheiro dele, ele o mede.” Ele pediu que ela explicasse aquele enigma, o que ela fez mostrando-lhe a moeda e dizendo-lhe onde a havia encontrado. Então Cassim ficou com tanta inveja que não conseguiu dormir e foi até a casa do irmão de manhã, antes do nascer do sol. “Ali Babá”, disse ele, mostrando a moeda de ouro, “você finge ser pobre e, no entanto, mede ouro.” Com isso, Ali Babá percebeu que, por tolice da esposa, Cassim e a mulher dele sabiam do segredo; então, confessou tudo e ofereceu a Cassim uma parte. “Isso eu já espero”, disse Cassim; “mas preciso saber onde encontrar o tesouro, caso contrário revelarei tudo e você perderá tudo.” Ali Babá, mais por bondade do que por medo, contou-lhe sobre a caverna e exatamente as palavras que devia usar. Cassim se despediu de Ali Babá, pretendendo se antecipar a ele e ficar com o tesouro para si. Ele se levantou cedo na manhã seguinte e partiu com dez mulas carregadas com grandes baús. Logo encontrou o local e a porta na rocha. Ele disse: “Abre-te, Sésamo!” e a porta se abriu e se fechou atrás dele. Ele poderia ter desfrutado da visão dos tesouros o dia todo, mas logo se apressou para juntar o máximo possível; no entanto, quando estava pronto para partir, não conseguiu se lembrar do que dizer de tanto pensar em suas grandes riquezas. Em vez de “Sésamo”, disse: “Abre-te, Cevada!” e a porta permaneceu trancada. Ele nomeou vários tipos diferentes de grãos, todos com exceção do certo, e a porta continuou emperrada. Ficou tão assustado com o perigo em que se encontrava que havia esquecido a palavra tanto quanto se nunca a tivesse ouvido.
Then he drove his asses into the yard, shut the gates, carried the money-bags to his wife, and emptied them out before her. He bade her keep the secret, and he would go and bury the gold. “Let me first measure it,” said his wife. “I will go borrow a measure of someone, while you dig the hole.” So she ran to the wife of Cassim and borrowed a measure. Knowing Ali Baba’s poverty, the sister was curious to find out what sort of grain his wife wished to measure, and artfully put some suet at the bottom of the measure. Ali Baba’s wife went home and set the measure on the heap of gold, and filled it and emptied it often, to her great content. She then carried it back to her sister, without noticing that a piece of gold was sticking to it, which Cassim’s wife perceived directly her back was turned. She grew very curious, and said to Cassim when he came home: “Cassim, your brother is richer than you. He does not count his money, he measures it.” He begged her to explain this riddle, which she did by showing him the piece of money and telling him where she found it. Then Cassim grew so envious that he could not sleep, and went to his brother in the morning before sunrise. “Ali Baba,” he said, showing him the gold piece, “you pretend to be poor and yet you measure gold.” By this Ali Baba perceived that through his wife’s folly Cassim and his wife knew their secret, so he confessed all and offered Cassim a share. “That I expect,” said Cassim; “but I must know where to find the treasure, otherwise I will discover all, and you will lose all.” Ali Baba, more out of kindness than fear, told him of the cave, and the very words to use. Cassim left Ali Baba, meaning to be beforehand with him and get the treasure for himself. He rose early next morning, and set out with ten mules loaded with great chests. He soon found the place, and the door in the rock. He said: “Open, Sesame!” and the door opened and shut behind him. He could have feasted his eyes all day on the treasures, but he now hastened to gather together as much of it as possible; but when he was ready to go he could not remember what to say for thinking of his great riches. Instead of “Sesame,” he said: “Open, Barley!” and the door remained fast. He named several different sorts of grain, all but the right one, and the door still stuck fast. He was so frightened at the danger he was in that he had as much forgotten the word as if he had never heard it.
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