English–Portuguese parallel text
Silent Night
Noite Feliz
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An original English story from The Christmas Play · O auto de Natal · Episode 10, with the Portuguese beside it, paragraph by paragraph. Read it online, or download it as a dual-language ebook.
Opening the reader…
Amara put the things on Father Tom’s table one by one, in the vestry, on Tuesday morning. Last came the little lamp, which was still on.
Na terça-feira de manhã, na sacristia, a Amara pôs as coisas na mesa do padre Tom, uma a uma. Por último veio o candeeiro pequeno, que ainda estava aceso.
Then she stood up very straight, the way her father told her to.
Depois ficou de pé, muito direita, como o pai lhe tinha dito.
“I’m sorry, Father,” she said. “I took them. Nobody helped me take them.” She turned to Mr Doyle. “I’m sorry, sir. I climbed in by your window.”
“Desculpe, padre”, disse ela. “Fui eu que as levei. Ninguém me ajudou.” Virou-se para o senhor Doyle. “Desculpe, senhor. Entrei pela sua janela.”
Father Tom couldn’t speak. He just put his big hand on her head.
O padre Tom não conseguiu falar. Só pôs a mão grande na cabeça dela.
“My window,” said Mr Doyle at last. “I opened it with my pole, in November, because you asked me. Then I closed it fast, because you were in a hurry. Thirty years, and I didn’t check it.” He looked at me. “So it’s on me too, Miss Novak. And on you, a little.”
“A minha janela”, disse por fim o senhor Doyle. “Abri-a com a minha vara, em Novembro, porque me pediste. Depois fechei-a depressa, porque tinhas pressa. Trinta anos, e não a verifiquei.” Olhou para mim. “Por isso a culpa também é minha, menina Novak. E sua, um pouco.”
Then he held out his hand, and I gave him back his key.
Depois estendeu a mão, e eu devolvi-lhe a chave.
“I’ll clean the hall again, and look at the heating,” he said. “For the children. I don’t forgive you yet, Miss Novak.”
“Vou limpar o salão outra vez e ver o aquecimento”, disse ele. “Pelas crianças. Ainda não a perdoo, menina Novak.”
That was fair. I didn’t argue.
Era justo. Não discuti.
After that I phoned PC Shah, and he closed the report, and he didn’t go to Marco’s workshop. Then I went to the hospital myself and stood at the ward sister’s desk until she looked up.
Depois telefonei ao agente Shah, e ele fechou o caso e não foi à oficina do Marco. Depois fui eu mesma ao hospital e fiquei junto à secretária da enfermeira-chefe até ela levantar os olhos.
I gave her a note from Kofi Mensah, bed eight, written slowly in pencil. Please let the children come. It is the only Christmas my daughter can give me.
Dei-lhe um bilhete do Kofi Mensah, cama oito, escrito devagar, a lápis. Por favor, deixem vir as crianças. É o único Natal que a minha filha me pode dar.
The sister read it twice. “Your journalist phoned me three times,” she said. “That didn’t change anything. This does.” She took out a form. “Forty children on my ward at night. Whose name goes here? The school’s?”
A enfermeira leu-o duas vezes. “A sua jornalista telefonou-me três vezes”, disse ela. “Isso não mudou nada. Isto muda.” Tirou um formulário. “Quarenta crianças na minha enfermaria, à noite. Que nome vai aqui? O da escola?”
“No. The school said no this morning. A parish play at night is not a school trip.”
“Não. A escola disse que não esta manhã. Uma peça da paróquia, à noite, não é uma visita de estudo.”
“Then whose?”
“Então de quem?”
I wrote my own name. One child on the ice, and it was my name, and maybe my job.
Escrevi o meu nome. Era o meu nome no papel, e talvez o meu emprego.
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