Portuguese–English parallel text
Ferramentas
Tools
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“Outra vez você! Boa noite!”
“You again! Good evening!”
É terça-feira, 9h15. O homem alto com a mala preta entra. O casaco comprido. A cara triste. O primeiro lugar.
It is Tuesday, 9:15. The tall man with the black case gets on. The long coat. The sad face. The first seat.
“Boa noite.”
“Good evening.”
“Eu sou a Rosa. E você é...?”
“I’m Rosa. And you are...?”
Ele olha para mim no espelho durante muito tempo.
He looks at me in the mirror for a long time.
“Jonas.”
“Jonas.”
“Jonas! Que bom. Agora somos amigos.”
“Jonas! Good. Now we are friends.”
Ele não diz que sim. Não diz que não. Eu conduzo.
He doesn’t say yes. He doesn’t say no. I drive.
Na quarta-feira pergunto pela mala. É preta e pesada. Ele tem-na sempre nos joelhos.
On Wednesday I ask about the case. It is black and heavy. He always has it on his knees.
“O que tem aí dentro, Jonas? Uma arma?”
“What’s in there, Jonas? A gun?”
“Não. Ferramentas.”
“No. Tools.”
“Ferramentas? Que ferramentas?”
“Tools? What tools?”
“Ferramentas pequenas.”
“Small tools.”
Ferramentas pequenas, à noite, numa igreja fechada. As igrejas velhas têm ouro e prata. Taças de prata, velas de ouro. Não gosto desta ideia. Tento ter graça.
Small tools, at night, in a closed church. Old churches have gold and silver. Silver cups, gold candles. I don’t like this idea. I try to be funny.
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