Portuguese–English parallel text
O Experimento do Dr. Heidegger
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Opening the reader…
Aquele homem tão singular, o velho Dr. Heidegger, certa vez convidou quatro veneráveis amigos para se reunirem com ele em seu gabinete.
That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet him in his study.
Eram três cavalheiros de barba branca — o Sr. Medbourne, o Coronel Killigrew e o Sr. Gascoigne — e uma dama emurchecida, cujo nome era Viúva Wycherly.
There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow Wycherly.
Eram todos criaturas velhas e melancólicas, infelizes na vida, e cujo maior infortúnio era não estarem há muito em suas sepulturas.
They were all melancholy old creatures, who had been unfortunate in life, and whose greatest misfortune it was that they were not long ago in their graves.
O Sr. Medbourne, no vigor de sua idade, fora um comerciante próspero, mas perdera tudo em uma especulação desvairada, e agora pouco se diferenciava de um mendicante.
Mr. Medbourne, in the vigor of his age, had been a prosperous merchant, but had lost his all by a frantic speculation, and was now little better than a mendicant.
O Coronel Killigrew desperdiçara seus melhores anos, além de sua saúde e substância, na busca de prazeres pecaminosos, os quais deram à luz uma ninhada de dores, tais como a gota e diversos outros tormentos da alma e do corpo.
Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and divers other torments of soul and body.
O Sr. Gascoigne era um político arruinado, um homem de má fama — ou pelo menos assim fora até que o tempo o sepultasse do conhecimento da presente geração, tornando-o obscuro em vez de infame.
Mr. Gascoigne was a ruined politician, a man of evil fame, or at least had been so till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation, and made him obscure instead of infamous.
Quanto à Viúva Wycherly, a tradição nos conta que ela fora uma grande beldade em seus tempos; todavia, já há muito vivia em profundo isolamento, devido a certos relatos escandalosos que haviam predisposto a nobreza da cidade contra ela.
As for the Widow Wycherly, tradition tells us that she was a great beauty in her day; but, for a long while past, she had lived in deep seclusion, on account of certain scandalous stories which had prejudiced the gentry of the town against her.
É uma circunstância digna de nota que cada um desses três velhos cavalheiros, o Sr. Medbourne, o Coronel Killigrew e o Sr. Gascoigne, foram outrora amantes da Viúva Wycherly, e em outros tempos quase chegaram a cortar o pescoço uns dos outros por causa dela.
It is a circumstance worth mentioning that each of these three old gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, were early lovers of the Widow Wycherly, and had once been on the point of cutting each other’s throats for her sake.
E, antes de prosseguir, apenas insinuarei que o Dr. Heidegger e todos os seus quatro convidados eram por vezes considerados um pouco desequilibrados — como ocorre com frequência com pessoas idosas, quando perturbadas seja por aflições do presente ou por lembranças dolorosas.
And, before proceeding further, I will merely hint that Dr. Heidegger and all his foul guests were sometimes thought to be a little beside themselves,—as is not unfrequently the case with old people, when worried either by present troubles or woful recollections.
“Meus caros e velhos amigos”, disse o Dr. Heidegger, gesticulando para que se sentassem, “desejo a ajuda de vocês em um daqueles pequenos experimentos com os quais me divirto aqui em meu gabinete.”
“My dear old friends,” said Dr. Heidegger, motioning them to be seated, “I am desirous of your assistance in one of those little experiments with which I amuse myself here in my study.”
Se todas as histórias fossem verdadeiras, o gabinete do Dr. Heidegger devia ser um lugar muito curioso. Era um aposento sombrio e antiquado, guarnecido de teias de aranha e salpicado de poeira ancestral.
If all stories were true, Dr. Heidegger’s study must have been a very curious place. It was a dim, old-fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust.
Ao longo das paredes erguiam-se várias estantes de carvalho, cujas prateleiras inferiores estavam repletas de fileiras de gigantescos fólios e in-quartos em caracteres góticos, e as superiores com pequenos in-doze encadernados em pergaminho.
Around the walls stood several oaken bookcases, the lower shelves of which were filled with rows of gigantic folios and black-letter quartos, and the upper with little parchment-covered duodecimos.
Sobre a estante central havia um busto de bronze de Hipócrates, com o qual, segundo algumas autoridades, o Dr. Heidegger costumava consultar-se em todos os casos difíceis de sua clínica.
Over the central bookcase was a bronze bust of Hippocrates, with which, according to some authorities, Dr. Heidegger was accustomed to hold consultations in all difficult cases of his practice.
No recanto mais obscuro do cômodo erguia-se um armário de carvalho alto e estreito, com a porta entreaberta, dentro do qual se vislumbrava, hesitante, um esqueleto.
In the obscurest corner of the room stood a tall and narrow oaken closet, with its door ajar, within which doubtfully appeared a skeleton.
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