Portuguese–English parallel text
Os Trezentos Corajosos
The Brave Three Hundred
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Toda a Grécia estava em perigo. Um exército poderoso, liderado pelo grande rei da Pérsia, tinha vindo do leste. Ele estava marchando ao longo da costa e, em poucos dias, estaria na Grécia.
All Greece was in danger. A mighty army, led by the great King of Persia, had come from the east. It was marching along the seashore, and in a few days would be in Greece.
O grande rei tinha enviado mensageiros a cada cidade e estado, ordenando que lhe dessem água e terra como sinal de que a terra e o mar eram dele. Mas eles disseram:
The great king had sent messengers into every city and state, bidding them give him water and earth in token that the land and the sea were his. But they said,—
“Não: nós seremos livres.”
“No: we will be free.”
E assim houve uma grande agitação por toda a terra. Os homens se armaram e se apressaram para sair e expulsar o inimigo; e as mulheres ficaram em casa, chorando, esperando e tremendo de medo.
And so there was a great stir throughout all the land. The men armed themselves, and made haste to go out and drive back their foe; and the women staid at home, weeping and waiting, and trembling with fear.
Havia apenas um caminho pelo qual o exército persa podia entrar na Grécia daquele lado, e era por uma passagem estreita entre as montanhas e o mar. Essa passagem era guardada por Leônidas, o rei dos espartanos, com trezentos soldados espartanos.
There was only one way by which the Persian army could go into Greece on that side, and that was by a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea. This pass was guarded by Leonidas, the King of the Spartans, with three hundred Spartan soldiers.
Logo os soldados persas foram vistos chegando. Eram tantos que homem nenhum conseguia contar. Como um punhado de homens podia ter esperança de resistir a uma multidão tão grande?
Soon the Persian soldiers were seen coming. There were so many of them that no man could count them. How could a handful of men hope to stand against so great a host?
E, no entanto, Leônidas e seus espartanos mantiveram sua posição. Eles tinham decidido morrer em seus postos. Alguém lhes trouxe a notícia de que havia tantos persas que suas flechas tapavam o sol.
And yet Leonidas and his Spartans held their ground. They had made up their minds to die at their post. Some one brought them word that there were so many Persians that their arrows darkened the sun.
“Tanto melhor”, disseram os espartanos; “lutaremos na sombra.”
“So much the better,” said the Spartans; “we shall fight in the shade.”
Com coragem, eles ficaram na passagem estreita. Com coragem, enfrentaram seus inimigos. Para os espartanos, não existia medo. Os persas avançavam, apenas para encontrar a morte nas pontas de suas lanças.
Bravely they stood in the narrow pass. Bravely they faced their foes. To Spartans there was no such thing as fear. The Persians came forward, only to meet death at the points of their spears.
Mas, um a um, os espartanos caíram. Por fim, suas lanças se quebraram; mesmo assim, continuaram lado a lado, lutando até o fim. Alguns lutavam com espadas, alguns com adagas e outros apenas com os punhos e os dentes.
But one by one the Spartans fell. At last their spears were broken; yet still they stood side by side, fighting to the last. Some fought with swords, some with daggers, and some with only their fists and teeth.
O dia inteiro o exército dos persas foi contido. Mas, quando o sol se pôs, não restava nenhum espartano vivo. Onde tinham ficado, havia apenas uma pilha de mortos, toda coberta de lanças e flechas.
All day long the army of the Persians was kept at bay. But when the sun went down, there was not one Spartan left alive. Where they had stood there was only a heap of the slain, all bristled over with spears and arrows.
Vinte mil soldados persas tinham caído diante daquele punhado de homens. E a Grécia foi salva.
Twenty thousand Persian soldiers had fallen before that handful of men. And Greece was saved.
Milhares de anos se passaram desde então; mas as pessoas ainda gostam de contar a história de Leônidas e dos trezentos corajosos que morreram pelo bem do seu país.
Thousands of years have passed since then; but men still like to tell the story of Leonidas and the brave three hundred who died for their country’s sake.
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