{"id":3705,"date":"2012-07-04T14:48:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T17:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:02:54","slug":"traducoes-reducoes-abducoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/?p=3705","title":{"rendered":"Tradu\u00e7\u00f5es, redu\u00e7\u00f5es, abdu\u00e7\u00f5es"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c9 sabido que dos exerc\u00edcios fundamentais para se dominar a forma do verso \u00e9 traduzir poemas contempor\u00e2neos ou da tradi\u00e7\u00e3o. S\u00e3o lend\u00e1rias as diversas tradu\u00e7\u00f5es d’O Corvo<\/em>, de Poe, por cada um dos heter\u00f4nimos de Fernando Pessoa – a exce\u00e7\u00e3o de Alberto Caeiro, por\u00e9m incluso o ort\u00f4nimo ele-mesmo; idem para as de Machado de Assis, e vale lembrar que em seu livro de poemas er\u00f3ticos Espumas Fluctuantes<\/em>, Castro Alves inclui tradu\u00e7\u00f5es suas para Byron.<\/p>\n

De outro lado, j\u00e1 sabem que venho publicando aqui produ\u00e7\u00e3o ficcional, mormente em verso, a medida que ganham concursos liter\u00e1rios e perdem, assim, o ineditismo<\/a>. \u00c9 hora pois de mostrar\u00a0meus exerc\u00edcios \u00edntimos, a cozinha onde se confita o poema: minhas tradu\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n

Como se sabe, meu poeta preferido para tais treinos \u00e9 e.e.cummings<\/a> – n\u00e3o apenas pelo seu g\u00eanio particular, pelo seu nomadismo em pleno crack da bolsa de 1929, por seu aristocratismo negro, e por sua op\u00e7\u00e3o por uma poesia que sendo arquitet\u00f4nica n\u00e3o \u00e9 nem art-nouveau nem modernista-funcional, mas bauhaus, feita de destro\u00e7os e ru\u00ednas. \u00c9 principalmente pelas dificuldades particulares que ele imp\u00f5e atrav\u00e9s de sua t\u00e9cnica, mesmo quando faz prosa (nos excelentes pref\u00e1cios a \u00c9 5<\/em> e Novos Poemas<\/em>) ou soneto (forma que n\u00e3o domino, nem pretendo, e n\u00e3o admiro muito – mas cummings dominava e nele gosto muito).<\/p>\n

N\u00e3o vou de cummings desta vez, contudo. Optei por uma poeta-de-poetas, admirada tanto por Jo\u00e3o Cabral de Melo Neto (apesar de ela ser de direita, ufanista e ligada ao Partido Republicano yankee) que a usa duas vezes como epigrafe de livros seus (uma est\u00e1 no poema abaixo, outra \u00e9 de seu O Her\u00f3i<\/em>, “onde houver afinidade pessoal, iremos \/ l\u00e1 onde a terra \u00e9 acre”, que aparece no cabralino tardio Agrestes<\/em>). Refiro-me, claro, a Marianne Moore.<\/p>\n

Com isso aproveito tamb\u00e9m para avisar que, como voltei a ter apenas um v\u00edculo de emprego com o estado desde janeiro (nos 4 anos anteriores, per\u00edodo em que este blog surgiu, tive dois), volto este ano a dar aulas particulares, quer de refor\u00e7o escolar nas disciplinas de Reda\u00e7\u00e3o, Literatura e Hist\u00f3ria, quer de produ\u00e7\u00e3o textual – al\u00e9m de fazer tradu\u00e7\u00f5es n\u00e3o-juramentadas ingl\u00eas-portugu\u00eas e portugu\u00eas-ingl\u00eas e revis\u00e3o gramatical de trabalhos acad\u00eamicos.<\/strong> S\u00e3o\u00a0atividades que realizo remuneradamente desde que me entendo como intelectual – antes da maioridade legal, por exemplo, e que s\u00f3 deixei de exercer nos \u00faltimos quatro anos – apesar da insist\u00eancia de novos e antigos alunos, para os quais infelizmente n\u00e3o tinha tempo. Agora volto a ter, e o telefone para contato a quem interessar \u00e9 (71) 8841-2257<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Enfim, o poema chamado Poesia (Poetry) – logo em seguida, sua vers\u00e3o no idioma original.<\/p>\n

. Poesia <\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
Eu, tamb\u00e9m, desgosto: h\u00e1 coisas que s\u00e3o importantes para-al\u00e9m de toda <\/span><\/pre>\n
 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 essa firula.<\/span><\/pre>\n
Lendo-a, contudo, com um perfeito desprezo por ela, descobre-se nela<\/span><\/pre>\n
afinal, um lugar para o genu\u00edno.<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M\u00e3os que podem alcan\u00e7ar, olhos<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 que podem dilatar, cabelos que podem arrepiar<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se necess\u00e1rio, essas coisas s\u00e3o importantes n\u00e3o porque<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
uma retumbante interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o pode ser posta sobre elas mas porque<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 elas s\u00e3o<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00fateis. Quando elas tornam-se t\u00e3o derivativas assim para tornarem-se <\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 inintelig\u00edveis,<\/span><\/pre>\n
a mesma coisa pode ser dita para todos n\u00f3s, que n\u00f3s<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e3o admiramos aquilo <\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 que n\u00e3o podemos entender: o morcego<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pendurado ponta-cabe\u00e7a ou em busca de algo para<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
comer, elefantes empurrando, um cavalo selvagem a galope, um incans\u00e1vel<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lobo sob<\/span><\/pre>\n
uma \u00e1rvore, o im\u00f3vel cr\u00edtico fremendo sua pele como um cavalo<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 que sente uma mosca, o torcedor de fute-<\/span><\/pre>\n
bol, o estat\u00edstico \u2013<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nem \u00e9 v\u00e1lido<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 discriminar aqueles \u201cdocumentos de neg\u00f3cios e livros <\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
did\u00e1ticos\u201d; todos estes fen\u00f4menos s\u00e3o importantes. Deve-se fazer uma <\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 distin\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/pre>\n
contudo: quando puxado \u00e0 proemin\u00eancia por meio poetas, o resultado<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e3o \u00e9 poesia,<\/span><\/pre>\n
nem at\u00e9 que poetas entre n\u00f3s possam ser<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cliteratos de<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 imagina\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d \u2013 acima da<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 insol\u00eancia e da trivialidade e possam apresentar<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
para inspe\u00e7\u00e3o, \u201cjardins imagin\u00e1rios com sapos reais neles\u201d,<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00f3 nos resta t\u00ea-<\/span><\/pre>\n
la. Nesse \u00ednterim, se demandares em uma m\u00e3o,<\/span><\/pre>\n
a mat\u00e9ria bruta da poesia<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 em toda sua crueza e<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 aquilo que \u00e9 por outra m\u00e3o<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 genu\u00edna, estais interessado em poesia. <\/span><\/pre>\n
. Poetry<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 all this fiddle.<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 discovers in<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 it after all, a place for the genuine.<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hands that can grasp, eyes<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that can dilate, hair that can rise<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 if it must, these things are important not because a<\/span><\/pre>\n
high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they are<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 useful. When they become so derivative as to become<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unintelligible,<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 the same thing may be said for all of us, that we<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 do not admire what<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we cannot understand: the bat<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 holding on upside down or in quest of something to <\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wolf under<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that feels a flea, the base-<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 ball fan, the statistician--<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nor is it valid<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to discriminate against \"business documents and<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n
school-books\"; all these phenomena are important. One must make<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a distinction<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 result is not poetry,<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 nor till the poets among us can be<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"literalists of<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the imagination\"--above<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 insolence and triviality and can present<\/span><\/pre>\n
for inspection, \"imaginary gardens with real toads in them,\"<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 shall we have<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 it. In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand,<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 the raw material of poetry in<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 all its rawness and<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that which is on the other hand<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 genuine, you are interested in poetry.<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9 sabido que dos exerc\u00edcios fundamentais para se dominar a forma do verso \u00e9 traduzir poemas contempor\u00e2neos ou da tradi\u00e7\u00e3o. S\u00e3o lend\u00e1rias as diversas tradu\u00e7\u00f5es d’O Corvo, de Poe, por cada um dos heter\u00f4nimos de Fernando Pessoa – a exce\u00e7\u00e3o de Alberto Caeiro, por\u00e9m incluso o ort\u00f4nimo ele-mesmo; idem para […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[1781,1718,1788,1785,833,435,1787,1782,831,832,1786,1783,1789,1790,1784],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01ler","category-01viver","tag-aulas-particulares","tag-e-e-cummings","tag-historia","tag-ingles","tag-joao-cabral-de-melo-neto","tag-literatura","tag-marianne-moore","tag-oficina-de-producao-textual","tag-poema","tag-poesia","tag-portugues","tag-producao-de-texto","tag-redacao","tag-reforco-escolar","tag-traducao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4203,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimobaile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}