Portuguese–English parallel text
Luvas vermelhas
Red Gloves
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Ninguém nos diz como um salão de igreja é sujo. Varri-o na quinta-feira à noite, depois do ensaio, com a vassoura velha do senhor Doyle. Havia bolachas de 2019 debaixo do piano. Havia um sapato. Havia uma sanduíche muito velha.
Nobody tells you how dirty a church hall is. I swept it on Thursday evening, after the rehearsal, with Mr Doyle’s old broom. There were biscuits under the piano from 2019. There was a shoe. There was a very old sandwich.
Depois tirei um arame fino da gaveta da cozinha e atei a estrela de lata ao cimo do estábulo pequeno, às voltas e voltas, muito apertado. Agora ninguém podia levar aquela estrela. Fechei a porta à chave com a minha chave e verifiquei duas vezes. Às sete o Marco veio com a chave dele para construir, e às dez fechou-a outra vez. Sei porque passei por lá às dez, de casaco, com a minha lista. Ele não me viu. Senti-me parva e passei na mesma.
Then I took some thin wire from the kitchen drawer and tied the tin star to the top of the little stable, round and round, very tight. Nobody could take that star now. I locked the door with my key, and I checked it twice. At seven Marco came with his key to build, and at ten he locked it again. I know, because I walked past at ten, in my coat, with my list. He didn’t see me. I felt stupid and I walked past anyway.
À sexta-feira o coro da Ruth ensaia no salão. Nesta sexta-feira ela chegou cedo. Às três e meia entrou na minha sala de aula, o que nunca tinha feito.
On Fridays Ruth’s choir practises in the hall. This Friday she came early. At half past three she came into my classroom, which she has never done before.
“Menina Novak”, disse ela. “A sua estrela desapareceu.”
“Miss Novak,” she said. “Your star is gone.”
A estrela de lata tinha desaparecido. O meu arame pendia aberto do canto do estábulo. Alguém o desatou, devagar, às voltas e voltas, no escuro.
The tin star was gone. My wire hung open from the corner of the stable. Somebody untied it, slowly, round and round, in the dark.
“Agora há duas chaves”, disse eu. “A minha e a dele.”
“There are two keys now,” I said. “Mine and his.”
“Sim”, disse a Ruth. “Eu também sei contar.”
“Yes,” said Ruth. “I can count too.”
A ponta do meu arame era afiada. Nela havia uma coisa vermelha. Um fio curto de lã vermelha. Tirei-o, pu-lo num envelope e escrevi a data no envelope.
The end of my wire was sharp. On it there was something red. A short red wool thread. I took it off and put it in an envelope, and wrote the date on the envelope.
“Muito bem”, disse a Ruth. “Agora é detetive.”
“Very good,” said Ruth. “Now you are a detective.”
Às quatro e meia os pais vieram buscar as crianças do coro. A Diane Price veio de luvas vermelhas. Usa sempre luvas vermelhas. São luvas muito boas, de lã vermelha e macia.
At half past four the parents came for the choir children. Diane Price came in red gloves. She always wears red gloves. They are very good gloves, of soft red wool.
A Sophie contou à mãe o caso da estrela antes de a Diane tirar o casaco. A Diane olhou para o presépio e depois para todos os pais.
Sophie told her mother about the star before Diane had her coat off. Diane looked at the crib and then at all the parents.
“Isto é um escândalo”, disse ela em voz alta. “Na terça-feira o padre Tom falou ao conselho de uma boneca. Uma só boneca, disse ele, e a menina Novak anda à procura dela. Agora também os anjos e a estrela?”
“This is a scandal,” she said loudly. “On Tuesday Father Tom told the council about one little doll. One doll, he said, and Miss Novak is looking for it. Now the angels and the star too?”
“Estou à procura”, disse eu.
“I am looking,” I said.
“Está à procura”, disse a Diane, para toda a gente. “Pois. O bispo vem daqui a três semanas. Peço uma reunião do conselho paroquial. Na segunda-feira à noite.”
“You are looking,” said Diane, to everybody. “Well. The bishop is coming in three weeks. I am asking for a meeting of the parish council. On Monday evening.”
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