Portuguese–English parallel text
O Artesão Maravilhoso
The Wonderful Artisan
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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I. PERDIX.
I. PERDIX.
Quando Atenas ainda era apenas uma cidade pequena, vivia dentro de seus muros um homem chamado Dédalo, que era o trabalhador em madeira, pedra e metal mais habilidoso de quem já se tinha ouvido falar.
While Athens was still only a small city there lived within its walls a man named Daedalus who was the most skillful worker in wood and stone and metal that had ever been known.
Foi ele quem ensinou o povo a construir casas melhores, a colocar as portas em dobradiças e a apoiar os telhados com pilares e vigas.
It was he who taught the people how to build better houses and how to hang their doors on hinges and how to support the roofs with pillars and posts.
Ele foi o primeiro a juntar as coisas com cola; inventou o fio de prumo e o trado; e mostrou aos marinheiros como erguer mastros em seus navios e como prender as velas neles com cordas.
He was the first to fasten things together with glue; he invented the plumb-line and the auger; and he showed seamen how to put up masts in their ships and how to rig the sails to them with ropes.
Ele construiu um palácio de pedra para Egeu, o jovem rei de Atenas, e embelezou o Templo de Atena, que ficava sobre a grande colina rochosa no meio da cidade.
He built a stone palace for AEgeus, the young king of Athens, and beautified the Temple of Athena which stood on the great rocky hill in the middle of the city.
Dédalo tinha um sobrinho chamado Perdix, a quem tinha acolhido quando menino para ensinar o ofício de construtor. Mas Perdix aprendia tudo muito rápido e logo superou seu mestre no conhecimento de muitas coisas.
Daedalus had a nephew named Perdix whom he had taken when a boy to teach the trade of builder. But Perdix was a very apt learner, and soon surpassed his master in the knowledge of many things.
Seus olhos estavam sempre abertos para ver o que acontecia ao seu redor, e ele aprendeu os segredos dos campos e dos bosques. Caminhando certo dia perto do mar, ele pegou a espinha de um peixe grande e, a partir dela, inventou a serra.
His eyes were ever open to see what was going on about him, and he learned the lore of the fields and the woods. Walking one day by the sea, he picked up the backbone of a great fish, and from it he invented the saw.
Ao ver como certo pássaro abria buracos nos troncos das árvores, ele aprendeu a fazer e usar o cinzel.
Seeing how a certain bird carved holes in the trunks of trees, he learned how to make and use the chisel.
Depois, inventou a roda que os oleiros usam para moldar a argila; com um galho bifurcado, fez o primeiro compasso para desenhar círculos; e descobriu muitas outras coisas curiosas e úteis.
Then he invented the wheel which potters use in molding clay; and he made of a forked stick the first pair of compasses for drawing circles; and he studied out many other curious and useful things.
Dédalo não ficou satisfeito quando viu que o rapaz era tão inteligente e sábio, tão pronto para aprender e com tanta vontade de fazer as coisas.
Daedalus was not pleased when he saw that the lad was so apt and wise, so ready to learn, and so eager to do.
“Se ele continuar assim”, murmurou, “vai ser um homem maior do que eu; o nome dele vai ser lembrado, e o meu vai ser esquecido”.
“If he keeps on in this way,” he murmured, “he will be a greater man than I; his name will be remembered, and mine will be forgotten.”
Dia após dia, enquanto trabalhava, Dédalo pensava nesse assunto, e logo seu coração se encheu de ódio contra o jovem Perdix.
Day after day, while at his work, Daedalus pondered over this matter, and soon his heart was filled with hatred towards young Perdix.
Certa manhã, quando os dois estavam colocando um ornamento na parede externa do templo de Atena, Dédalo mandou seu sobrinho ir até um andaime estreito que ficava suspenso bem alto, sobre a borda do penhasco rochoso onde o templo ficava.
One morning when the two were putting up an ornament on the outer wall of Athena’s temple, Daedalus bade his nephew go out on a narrow scaffold which hung high over the edge of the rocky cliff whereon the temple stood.
Então, quando o rapaz obedeceu, foi bastante fácil, com um golpe de martelo, soltar o andaime de suas amarras.
Then, when the lad obeyed, it was easy enough, with a blow of a hammer, to knock the scaffold from its fastenings.
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