Dom Casmurro — Chapter 99, passage by passage
The original Portuguese with a word-by-word English interlinear. Tap any passage.
- 99.1 My mother, when I returned as a bachelor, almost burst with happiness. I still… — Minha mãe, quando eu regressei bacharel
- 99.2 Son, behold there your mother! My mother, in tears: — Brother Cosme, it is… — Filho, eis aí a tua mãe!
- 99.3 It is the father, a little more modern, concluded by joke. And tell me… — É o pai, um pouco mais moderno
- 99.4 — It's going along, it is ordained for next year, answered Uncle Cosme. You… — Vai indo, ordena-se para o ano
- 99.5 It is good that you feel in the soul of the other, as if… — É bom que te sintas na alma do outro
- 99.6 Look, Bentinho, look well at me. I always thought that you resembled him, now… — Olha, Bentinho, olha bem para mim
- 99.7 And my mother kissed me with a tenderness that I do not know how… — E minha mãe beijava-me com uma ternura que não sei escrever
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