Portuguese–English parallel text

A porta verde

The Green Door

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Meu avô morreu na segunda-feira. Na sexta-feira, um advogado me deu uma chave. E um mapa do jardim dele.

My grandfather died on Monday. On Friday a lawyer gave me a key. And a map of his garden.

O funeral foi pequeno. Choveu. Minha mãe não chorou. A tia Karin ficou olhando para o celular o tempo todo.

The funeral was small. It rained. My mother didn’t cry. Aunt Karin looked at her phone the whole time.

Depois do funeral, fomos todos para a casa do vovô. A casa fica no final de uma rua pequena em Bamberg. Ela é antiga, mas o jardim é grande e bonito. O vovô trabalhava no jardim quase todos os dias. Ele sempre dizia: “A terra não mente.”

After the funeral we all went to Grandpa’s house. The house is at the end of a little street in Bamberg. It’s old, but the garden is big and beautiful. Grandpa worked in the garden almost every day. He always said, “The soil doesn’t lie.”

Eu ia muito visitá-lo, todo verão, desde pequena. Colhíamos maçãs e regávamos tomates juntos. O vovô não falava muito. Mas ele sempre era feliz no jardim.

I spent a lot of time with him, every summer, ever since I was little. We picked apples and watered tomatoes together. Grandpa didn’t talk much. But in the garden he was always happy.

O advogado se chama Sr. Vogel. Ele é um homem pequeno com óculos grandes. Na cozinha, ele me deu um envelope marrom.

The lawyer is called Mr Vogel. He’s a small man with big glasses. In the kitchen he gave me a brown envelope.

“Isto é só para você, Sra. Weber”, ele disse baixinho. “Seu avô quis assim.”

“This is only for you, Ms Weber,” he said quietly. “Your grandfather wanted it that way.”

No envelope, encontrei uma chave pequena e antiga. E uma folha de papel. O vovô desenhou o jardim com lápis: a casa, a macieira, os canteiros, a cerca alta. Ao lado da cerca, ele fez uma cruz vermelha.

In the envelope I found a small old key. And a sheet of paper. Grandpa had drawn the garden in pencil: the house, the apple tree, the flower beds, the tall hedge. Next to the hedge he had made a red cross.

Embaixo do desenho, ele escreveu três palavras: Não para Karin.

Under the drawing he had written three words: Not for Karin.

Fechei o envelope rapidamente. Mas a tia Karin viu.

I quickly closed the envelope. But Aunt Karin saw it.

“O que você tem aí, Lena?”, ela perguntou.

“What have you got there, Lena?” she asked.

“Nada. Só uma carta do vovô.”

“Nothing. Just a letter from Grandpa.”

Ela sorriu. Mas seus olhos não sorriram.

She smiled. But her eyes didn’t smile.

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