Portuguese–English parallel text
A história de uma hora
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin
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Sabendo que a Sra. Mallard sofria de problemas cardíacos, tomou-se muito cuidado para lhe dar a notícia da morte de seu marido da maneira mais suave possível.
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.
Foi a irmã dela, Josephine, quem lhe contou, em frases entrecortadas; insinuações veladas que revelavam enquanto tentavam ocultar. O amigo de seu marido, Richards, também estava lá, perto dela.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband’s friend Richards was there, too, near her.
Tinha sido ele quem estava na redação do jornal quando receberam a informação sobre o desastre de trem, com o nome de Brently Mallard liderando a lista de “mortos”.
It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed.”
Ele só tinha esperado o tempo necessário para ter certeza da verdade por meio de um segundo telegrama, e se apressou para evitar que algum amigo menos cuidadoso e menos carinhoso trouxesse a triste mensagem.
He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
Ela não ouviu a história como muitas mulheres a ouviriam, com uma incapacidade paralisada de aceitar seu significado. Ela chorou imediatamente, com um abandono repentino e selvagem, nos braços da irmã.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.
Quando a tempestade de dor se acalmou, ela foi para o quarto sozinha. Não quis que ninguém a seguisse.
When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
Havia ali, de frente para a janela aberta, uma poltrona confortável e espaçosa. Ela se afundou nela, dominada por uma exaustão física que pesava sobre seu corpo e parecia alcançar sua alma.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
Pela praça aberta em frente à sua casa, ela podia ver as copas das árvores que tremiam com a nova vida da primavera. O cheiro delicioso da chuva estava no ar. Na rua abaixo, um mascate anunciava suas mercadorias.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.
As notas de uma canção distante que alguém cantava chegavam fracamente até ela, e incontáveis pardais piavam nos beirais do telhado.
The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
Havia pedaços de céu azul aparecendo aqui e ali por entre as nuvens que haviam se encontrado e se acumulado umas sobre as outras no oeste, de frente para a sua janela.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
Ela ficou sentada com a cabeça inclinada para trás na almofada da poltrona, quase imóvel, a não ser quando um soluço subia por sua garganta e a sacudia, como uma criança que chorou até dormir e continua soluçando em seus sonhos.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.
Ela era jovem, com um rosto calmo e bonito, cujas linhas demonstravam repressão e até uma certa força. Mas agora havia um olhar vago em seus olhos, voltado para longe, fixo em um daqueles pedaços de céu azul.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.
Não era um olhar de reflexão, mas antes indicava uma suspensão do pensamento consciente.
It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
Havia algo se aproximando dela e ela esperava por isso, com medo. O que era? Ela não sabia; era sutil e esquivo demais para definir.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name.
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