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O Guarani 6.21 · 6.21

You deceive yourself

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— Digo-te que te enganas, ou antes que procuras enganar-me.

— I tell you that you deceive yourself — or rather, that you are trying to deceive me.

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Digo-teDEE-gu-teI tell youquekethatteteyourselfenganasen-GA-nashyou deceive,ouohorantesAN-teshratherquekethatprocuraspro-KU-rashyou seekenganar-meen-ga-NAR-meto deceive me.

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D. Antônio will not be soothed: you fool yourself — or rather you are trying to fool me.

A note on this passage

The old soldier reads the squire's optimism as flattery, and refuses it. His clear sight of the danger is what keeps the household alive.

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