Portuguese–English parallel text
O Príncipe Feliz
The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde
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No alto, acima da cidade, em uma coluna alta, ficava a estátua do Príncipe Feliz. Ele era todo coberto com folhas finas de ouro puro, no lugar dos olhos tinha duas safiras brilhantes, e um grande rubi vermelho brilhava no cabo da sua espada.
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
Ele era realmente muito admirado.
He was very much admired indeed.
“Ele é tão bonito quanto um cata-vento”, comentou um dos vereadores da cidade que queria ganhar a reputação de ter bom gosto artístico; “só não é tão útil”, acrescentou, com medo de que as pessoas achassem que ele não era prático, o que na verdade ele não era.
“He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.
“Por que você não pode ser como o Príncipe Feliz?”, perguntou uma mãe sensata ao seu filhinho que chorava querendo a lua. “O Príncipe Feliz nunca sonha em chorar por nada.”
“Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince?” asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. “The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything.”
“Fico feliz que exista alguém no mundo que seja completamente feliz”, murmurou um homem desapontado enquanto olhava para a estátua maravilhosa.
“I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy,” muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue.
“Ele se parece com um anjo”, disseram as crianças do orfanato quando saíram da catedral com suas capas vermelhas brilhantes e seus aventais brancos e limpos.
“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
“Como vocês sabem?”, disse o professor de matemática, “vocês nunca viram um.”
“How do you know?” said the Mathematical Master, “you have never seen one.”
“Ah! Mas nós vimos, em nossos sonhos”, responderam as crianças; e o professor de matemática franziu a testa e ficou com uma expressão muito severa, pois não aprovava que crianças sonhassem.
“Ah! but we have, in our dreams,” answered the children; and the Mathematical Master frowned and looked very severe, for he did not approve of children dreaming.
Certa noite, voou sobre a cidade uma andorinha. Seus amigos tinham ido para o Egito seis semanas antes, mas ela tinha ficado para trás, pois estava apaixonada pelo Junco mais bonito.
One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed.
Ela o tinha conhecido no início da primavera, quando voava pelo rio atrás de uma grande mariposa amarela, e tinha ficado tão atraída pelo corpo esguio dele que parou para conversar.
He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.
“Posso amar você?”, disse a Andorinha, que gostava de ir direto ao ponto, e o Junco fez uma reverência profunda. Então ela voou em círculos ao redor dele, tocando a água com as asas e criando ondas prateadas.
“Shall I love you?” said the Swallow, who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples.
Essa foi a corte dela, e durou o verão inteiro.
This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer.
“É uma paixão ridícula”, chilreavam as outras andorinhas; “ele não tem dinheiro e tem parentes demais”; e, de fato, o rio estava cheio de Juncos. Então, quando o outono chegou, todas foram embora voando.
“It is a ridiculous attachment,” twittered the other Swallows; “she has no money, and far too many relations”; and indeed the river was quite full of Reeds. Then, when the autumn came they all flew away.
Depois que elas partiram, ela se sentiu sozinha e começou a se cansar do seu amado. “Ele não tem conversa”, disse ela, “e tenho medo de que seja paquerador, pois está sempre flertando com o vento.”
After they had gone he felt lonely, and began to tire of his lady-love. “She has no conversation,” he said, “and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind.”
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