Portuguese–English parallel text
A Tecelã Maravilhosa
The Wonderful Weaver
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Opening the reader…
I. A URDIDURA.
I. THE WARP.
Havia uma jovem na Grécia cujo nome era Aracne. Seu rosto era pálido, mas bonito, seus olhos eram grandes e azuis, e seus cabelos eram longos e pareciam ouro.
There was a young girl in Greece whose name was Arachne. Her face was pale but fair, and her eyes were big and blue, and her hair was long and like gold.
Tudo o que ela queria fazer da manhã até o meio-dia era se sentar ao sol e fiar; e tudo o que queria fazer do meio-dia até a noite era se sentar na sombra e tecer.
All that she cared to do from morn till noon was to sit in the sun and spin; and all that she cared to do from noon till night was to sit in the shade and weave.
E como eram finas e belas as coisas que ela tecia em seu tear!
And oh, how fine and fair were the things which she wove in her loom!
Linho, lã, seda — ela trabalhava com tudo isso; e quando saíam de suas mãos, o tecido que tinha feito com eles era tão fino, macio e brilhante que pessoas vinham de todas as partes do mundo para vê-lo.
Flax, wool, silk—she worked with them all; and when they came from her hands, the cloth which she had made of them was so thin and soft and bright that men came from all parts of the world to see it.
E diziam que um tecido tão raro não podia ser feito de linho, lã ou seda, mas que a urdidura era de raios de sol e a trama era de fios de ouro.
And they said that cloth so rare could not be made of flax, or wool, or silk, but that the warp was of rays of sunlight and the woof was of threads of gold.
Então, enquanto a jovem se sentava ao sol e fiava, ou se sentava na sombra e tecia, dia após dia, ela dizia: “Em todo o mundo não há fio tão fino quanto o meu, e em todo o mundo não há tecido tão macio e suave, nem seda tão brilhante e rara.”
Then as, day by day, the girl sat in the sun and span, or sat in the shade and wove, she said: “In all the world there is no yarn so fine as mine, and in all the world there is no cloth so soft and smooth, nor silk so bright and rare.”
“Quem ensinou você a fiar e tecer tão bem?”, alguém perguntou.
“Who taught you to spin and weave so well?” some one asked.
“Ninguém me ensinou”, ela disse. “Aprendi a fazer isso enquanto me sentava ao sol e na sombra; mas ninguém me mostrou.”
“No one taught me,” she said. “I learned how to do it as I sat in the sun and the shade; but no one showed me.”
“Mas pode ser que Atena, a rainha do ar, tenha ensinado você, e você não sabia.”
“But it may be that Athena, the queen of the air, taught you, and you did not know it.”
“Atena, a rainha do ar? Bah!”, disse Aracne. “Como ela poderia me ensinar? Ela consegue fiar meadas de fio como estas? Consegue tecer peças como as minhas? Eu gostaria de vê-la tentar. Eu posso ensinar uma coisa ou outra para ela.”
“Athena, the queen of the air? Bah!” said Arachne. “How could she teach me? Can she spin such skeins of yarn as these? Can she weave goods like mine? I should like to see her try. I can teach her a thing or two.”
Ela olhou para cima e viu na porta uma mulher alta, enrolada em um manto comprido. Seu rosto era bonito de se ver, mas severo, tão severo! E seus olhos cinzentos eram tão penetrantes e brilhantes que Aracne não conseguiu sustentar o olhar.
She looked up and saw in the doorway a tall woman wrapped in a long cloak. Her face was fair to see, but stern, oh, so stern! and her gray eyes were so sharp and bright that Arachne could not meet her gaze.
“Aracne”, disse a mulher, “eu sou Atena, a rainha do ar, e ouvi o seu orgulho. Você ainda quer dizer que eu não ensinei você a fiar e a tecer?”
“Arachne,” said the woman, “I am Athena, the queen of the air, and I have heard your boast. Do you still mean to say that I have not taught you how to spin and weave?”
“Ninguém me ensinou”, disse Aracne; “e não agradeço a ninguém pelo que sei”; e ela se levantou, ereta e orgulhosa, ao lado de seu tear.
“No one has taught me,” said Arachne; “and I thank no one for what I know;” and she stood up, straight and proud, by the side of her loom.
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