A Filha da Bruxa
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
Era uma vez uma bruxa que tinha uma filha chamada Guiomar. A jovem apaixonara-se por um príncipe, mas a mãe não queria que ela casasse com ele. Guiomar disse ao príncipe que se disfarçasse de mendigo e que viesse pedir esmola a casa num dia em que a mãe estivesse fora. O príncipe fê-lo assim, e Guiomar escondeu-o atrás da porta, instruindo-o a dizer que era um pobre que pedia abrigo para a noite.
Once there was a witch who had a daughter called Guiomar. The young woman had fallen in love with a prince, but her mother did not want her to marry him. Guiomar told the prince to disguise himself as a beggar and come asking for alms on a day when her mother was out. The prince did so, and Guiomar hid him behind the door, instructing him to say he was a poor man asking for shelter for the night.
Quando a bruxa regressou a casa, logo disse: «Cheiro a sangue real.» «Não, mãe», respondeu Guiomar, «é apenas um pobre que pede esmola e quer abrigo, pois não tem onde ficar.» «Pois que fique», disse a bruxa, «mas amanhã tem de me trazer um pote cheio de guano de pássaros pequenos.» O príncipe ficou às lágrimas, sem saber como cumprir tal tarefa. Guiomar disse-lhe para não se preocupar: ela sabia o que havia de fazer.
When the witch returned home, she said at once: "I smell royal blood." "No, mother," replied Guiomar, "it is only a poor man asking for alms who wants shelter, as he has nowhere to stay." "Very well, let him stay," said the witch, "but tomorrow he must bring me a pot full of small birds' droppings." The prince was moved to tears, with no idea how to accomplish such a task. Guiomar told him not to worry: she knew what was to be done.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guano | bird droppings, dung used as fertiliser |
| vide | grapevine |
| feitiçaria | witchcraft, sorcery |
| cuspo | spit, spittle |
| ermita | hermit |
| enguia | eel |
| maldição | curse, malediction |
| camareiro | chamberlain |
| isca | tinder, fire-lighting material |
| marmóreo | turned to marble, marble-like |
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