Portuguese–English parallel text
O Gato que Andava Sozinho
The Cat that Walked by Himself
Rudyard Kipling
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Opening the reader…
Ouça, preste atenção e escute; pois isso aconteceu, ocorreu, se deu e foi assim, ó meu Mais Amado, quando os animais domésticos eram selvagens.
Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild.
O Cachorro era selvagem, o Cavalo era selvagem, a Vaca era selvagem, a Ovelha era selvagem e o Porco era selvagem — tão selvagens quanto podiam ser — e andavam pelas Matas Selvagens e Úmidas, cada um na sua própria solidão selvagem. Mas o mais selvagem de todos os animais selvagens era o Gato.
The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild—as wild as wild could be—and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat.
Ele andava sozinho, e todos os lugares eram iguais para ele.
He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.
É claro que o Homem também era selvagem. Ele era terrivelmente selvagem. Ele nem sequer começou a ficar manso até conhecer a Mulher, e ela lhe disse que não gostava de viver no jeito selvagem dele.
Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn’t even begin to be tame till he met the Woman, and she told him that she did not like living in his wild ways.
Ela escolheu uma caverna boa e seca para deitarem, em vez de um monte de folhas molhadas; e espalhou areia limpa pelo chão; e acendeu um bom fogo a lenha no fundo da Caverna; e pendurou uma pele seca de cavalo selvagem, com o rabo para baixo, na entrada da Caverna; e disse: “Limpe os pés, querido, quando entrar, e agora vamos cuidar da casa”.
She picked out a nice dry Cave, instead of a heap of wet leaves, to lie down in; and she strewed clean sand on the floor; and she lit a nice fire of wood at the back of the Cave; and she hung a dried wild-horse skin, tail-down, across the opening of the Cave; and she said, ‘Wipe you feet, dear, when you come in, and now we’ll keep house.’
Naquela noite, Mais Amado, eles comeram ovelha selvagem assada nas pedras quentes e temperada com alho selvagem e pimenta selvagem; e pato selvagem recheado com arroz selvagem, feno-grego selvagem e coentro selvagem; e ossos de tutano de bois selvagens; e cerejas selvagens e maracujás selvagens.
That night, Best Beloved, they ate wild sheep roasted on the hot stones, and flavoured with wild garlic and wild pepper; and wild duck stuffed with wild rice and wild fenugreek and wild coriander; and marrow-bones of wild oxen; and wild cherries, and wild grenadillas.
Depois, o Homem foi dormir na frente do fogo muito feliz; mas a Mulher ficou acordada, penteando o cabelo.
Then the Man went to sleep in front of the fire ever so happy; but the Woman sat up, combing her hair.
Ela pegou o osso da espádua do carneiro — o grande e gordo osso da omoplata — e olhou para as marcas maravilhosas nele, e jogou mais lenha no fogo, e fez uma Magia. Ela fez a Primeira Magia Cantada do mundo.
She took the bone of the shoulder of mutton—the big fat blade-bone—and she looked at the wonderful marks on it, and she threw more wood on the fire, and she made a Magic. She made the First Singing Magic in the world.
Lá fora, nas Matas Selvagens e Úmidas, todos os animais selvagens se reuniram onde podiam ver a luz do fogo de longe, e se perguntavam o que aquilo significava.
Out in the Wet Wild Woods all the wild animals gathered together where they could see the light of the fire a long way off, and they wondered what it meant.
Então o Cavalo Selvagem bateu a pata selvagem no chão e disse: “Ó meus Amigos e ó meus Inimigos, por que o Homem e a Mulher acenderam aquela grande luz naquela grande Caverna, e que mal isso vai nos fazer?”.
Then Wild Horse stamped with his wild foot and said, ‘O my Friends and O my Enemies, why have the Man and the Woman made that great light in that great Cave, and what harm will it do us?’
O Cachorro Selvagem levantou o focinho selvagem, sentiu o cheiro de carneiro assado e disse: “Eu vou lá ver, olhar e contar; porque acho que é bom. Gato, venha comigo”.
Wild Dog lifted up his wild nose and smelled the smell of roast mutton, and said, ‘I will go up and see and look, and say; for I think it is good. Cat, come with me.’
“De jeito nenhum!”, disse o Gato. “Eu sou o Gato que anda sozinho, e todos os lugares são iguais para mim. Eu não vou.”
‘Nenni!’ said the Cat. ‘I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me. I will not come.’
“Então nós nunca mais seremos amigos”, disse o Cachorro Selvagem, e saiu trotando para a Caverna. Mas, quando ele tinha andado um pedaço, o Gato disse para si mesmo: “Todos os lugares são iguais para mim. Por que eu não iria também para ver, olhar e ir embora quando tiver vontade?”.
‘Then we can never be friends again,’ said Wild Dog, and he trotted off to the Cave. But when he had gone a little way the Cat said to himself, ‘All places are alike to me. Why should I not go too and see and look and come away at my own liking.’
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