Uma história de amor ou de (s) encontros 5
A story of love or (s)encounters 5
Una historia de amor o (s)encuentros 5
愛と出会いの物語 5
关于爱情或（邂逅）的故事 5
Durante o dia, que se prolongou pela noite
During the day, which continued into the night
Durante o resto do dia, no turbilhão do trabalho - que muito era sempre, e ele ainda lhe somou aquelas "habilidades" -, distraiu a vontade de telefonar e, quando chegou a noite, quando finalmente falou para ela, não lhe disse nada da mudança.
During the rest of the day, in the whirlwind of work - which was always a lot, and he still added those "skills" to him - he distracted the urge to call, and when the night came, when he finally spoke to her, he said nothing about her. change.
E ficou surpreendido e irritado.
And he was surprised and angry.
Primeiro, por ela nada lhe ter perguntado.
First, because she asked him nothing.
Depois, por ele próprio ter calado o que não lhe saía da cabeça.
Then, because he himself kept silent what did not come out of his head.
Na cama do hotel de Estrasburgo, o sono não queria terminar aquele dia, como o cansaço habitualmente o apressava.
In bed at the Strasbourg hotel, sleep would not end that day, as tiredness usually rushed it.
Até lhe viria a parecer que não teria mesmo chegado.
It would even seem to him that he wouldn't have arrived at all.
Dormia, se dormia, pouco e mal.
He slept, if he slept, little and badly.
E, se não tinha razões para isso, foi‑as inventado.
And if he didn't have reasons for it, he made them up.
Magoava-o, sobretudo, o desinteresse dela, o não lhe ter perguntado se ele conseguira alguma coisa com os esforços que lhe dissera ir fazer.
Above all, he was hurt by her lack of interest, her failure to ask him if he had achieved anything with the efforts he had told her he was going to make.
Custava-lhe que ela não lhe tivesse perguntado se ele conseguira o que, afinal, conseguira mesmo.
It pained him that she hadn't asked him if he had achieved what he had achieved after all.
Sentia irritação e amuo.
I felt irritated and sulky.
Só atenuados, ou impedidos de crescer, por se lembrar vagamente que lhe teria dito, antes, no telefonema anunciador da “catástrofe”, que seria quase impossível vir a ter bons resultados nessas eventuais tentativas, que nem valia a pena esperar.
Only attenuated, or prevented from growing, by vaguely remembering that I would have told him, earlier, in the phone call announcing the “catastrophe”, that it would be almost impossible to have good results in these eventual attempts, that it was not even worth waiting.
Sérgio Ribeiro
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