Romanian–English parallel text
De-a lungul râului
Along the River
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Pentru o secundă, Ana și bărbatul s-au uitat unul la altul. Apoi el s-a întors și a plecat repede, de-a lungul cărării râului, spre stânga.
For one second, Ana and the man looked at each other. Then he turned and walked away fast, along the river path, to the left.
„Nu, nu, nu”, a spus Ana. Nu s-a gândit. A fugit din cameră și a coborât scările în pulover și în pantofii sport vechi. Nu a luat o haină.
“No, no, no,” Ana said. She didn’t think. She ran out of her room and down the stairs in her jumper and her old trainers. She didn’t take a coat.
În brutărie, radioul mergea și Walter era la cuptor cu spatele la ea. Nu a auzit-o. Crumb a ridicat privirea de pe podea, dar nu a lătrat. Ana a deschis ușa din spate foarte încet și a ieșit.
In the bakery, the radio was on and Walter was at the oven with his back to her. He didn’t hear her. Crumb looked up from the floor, but he didn’t bark. Ana opened the back door very quietly and went out.
Era foarte frig afară. Pătratul de hârtie împăturit era pe treaptă. Ana nu s-a oprit pentru el. A alergat pe cărarea râului, spre stânga, în aceeași direcție ca bărbatul.
It was very cold outside. The folded paper square was on the step. Ana didn’t stop for it. She ran along the river path, to the left, the same way as the man.
Cărarea era întunecoasă. Nu erau lumini acolo, doar luna. Ana putea să audă râul și propriile picioare pe pietre. Nu putea să-l vadă pe bărbat.
The path was dark. There were no lights there, only the moon. Ana could hear the river, and her own feet on the stones. She couldn’t see the man.
„Bună ziua?”, a strigat ea. „Așteaptă! Te rog! Vreau doar să vorbesc!”
“Hello?” she called. “Wait! Please! I only want to talk!”
Nimeni nu a răspuns. Ea a continuat să alerge. După cinci minute, cărarea a mers spre stânga, departe de râu. Acum era apă pe ambele părți. Era canalul.
Nobody answered. She ran on. After five minutes, the path went left, away from the river. Now there was water on both sides. It was the canal.
Erau bărci înguste de-a lungul canalului, una după alta. Ana și-a amintit de ele din plimbarea cu Jess: barca roșie cu flori, barca albastră cu bicicleta. Noaptea, toate păreau negre.
There were narrowboats along the canal, one after the other. Ana remembered them from her walk with Jess: the red boat with the flowers, the blue boat with the bicycle. In the night, they all looked black.
S-a oprit. A ascultat. Un câine a lătrat departe. Apa s-a mișcat lângă o barcă. Dar nu erau pași pe cărare. Bărbatul a dispărut.
She stopped. She listened. A dog barked far away. Water moved against a boat. But there were no steps on the path. The man was gone.
Ana a mers încet de-a lungul bărcilor. Cele mai multe erau întunecoase. Pe o barcă era o lumină mică aprinsă și putea să audă muzică. Pe o altă barcă, cineva sforăia.
Ana walked slowly along the boats. Most of them were dark. On one boat, a small light was on, and she could hear music. On another boat, somebody was snoring.
Apoi a văzut barca liniștită, de culoare verde închis. Și-a amintit și de ea. S-a oprit în fața ei.
Then she saw the quiet dark green boat. She remembered it too. She stopped in front of it.
Pe acoperiș, acum nu era doar un pătrat de hârtie. Erau cinci sau șase, într-o linie ordonată, sub o piatră. Erau ude de la ploaie. Pătrate de hârtie maro, toate la fel.
On the roof, there wasn’t only one paper square now. There were five or six, in a neat line, under a stone. They were wet from the rain. Brown paper squares, all the same.
Nu era lumină în barcă. Perdelele erau trase. Ana a stat acolo mult timp. Era el înăuntru? Se uita la ea acum, din spatele perdelelor?
There was no light in the boat. The curtains were closed. Ana stood there for a long time. Was he inside? Was he looking at her now, from behind the curtains?
A vrut să bată la ușă. A ridicat mâna. Apoi s-a oprit. Era trei și jumătate dimineața. Era singură, în pulover, la ușa unui străin.
She wanted to knock on the door. She lifted her hand. Then she stopped. It was half past three in the morning. She was alone, in her jumper, at a stranger’s door.
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