A ilusão desmentida
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O que já lhe tiver feito, contando os gestos daquele sábado, esse acabou, uma vez que os acontecimentos, e eu com eles, desmentimos a minha ilusão; mas o que agora a alcançar, esse é indelével.
What I have already done for him, counting the gestures of that Saturday, that ended, once the events, and I with them, denied my illusion; but what I now achieve, that is indelible.
The narrator reflects on how past actions are undone by events, but a new action becomes indelible.
The narrator reflects that past actions, including the gestures of that Saturday, have been undone by events and his own participation, which disproved his illusion. However, a new action he now achieves is permanent and cannot be erased.
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