Portuguese–English parallel text
Bilhetes no café
Notes in the Café
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O homem de casaco cinza
The man in the grey coat
Sara trabalha em um café pequeno. O café fica em uma rua movimentada da cidade.
Sara works in a small café. The café is on a busy street in the city.
São sete horas da manhã. Sara abre a porta e acende as luzes.
It is seven o’clock in the morning. Sara opens the door and turns on the lights.
O café está quieto. Sara faz um café para ela. Ela senta perto da janela.
The café is quiet. Sara makes a coffee for herself. She sits at the window.
Ela tem uma caneta na mão. Ela desenha em um guardanapo de papel. Ela desenha a rua, o ônibus e as pessoas.
She has a pen in her hand. She draws on a paper napkin. She draws the street, the bus and the people.
Sara ama desenhar. Ela desenha toda manhã. Mas ela nunca mostra os desenhos dela para ninguém.
Sara loves drawing. She draws every morning. But she never shows her drawings to anybody.
Às oito horas, a porta abre. Um homem entra. Ele tem um casaco cinza e uma bolsa preta grande.
At eight o’clock, the door opens. A man comes in. He has a grey coat and a big black bag.
“Bom dia”, diz Sara.
“Good morning,” says Sara.
“Bom dia”, diz o homem. “Um café preto, por favor.”
“Good morning,” says the man. “A black coffee, please.”
Ele sempre diz as mesmas palavras. Ele vem todo dia às oito. Ele sempre quer um café preto.
He always says the same words. He comes every day at eight. He always wants a black coffee.
Sara faz o café. O homem paga. Ele senta na mesa do canto.
Sara makes the coffee. The man pays. He sits at the table in the corner.
Ele abre um livro. Ele lê e bebe o café. Ele não fala.
He opens a book. He reads and drinks his coffee. He does not talk.
Sara olha para ele. Ele tem cerca de trinta anos. Ele tem cabelo escuro e um rosto simpático.
Sara looks at him. He is about thirty. He has dark hair and a kind face.
“O mesmo café, a mesma mesa, o mesmo livro”, ela pensa. Ela sorri.
“The same coffee, the same table, the same book,” she thinks. She smiles.
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