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O Guarani 16.80 · 16.80

Palaces and maidens in the vision

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Às vezes também nessa face lisa e polida desenhavam-se como em um espelho palácios encantados, mulheres belas como as huris do profeta, virgens graciosas como os anjos de Nossa Senhora do Monte Carmelo.

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At times too, on that smooth and polished surface, enchanted palaces were traced as in a mirror, women as beautiful as the houris of the prophet, maidens as graceful as the angels of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

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