ALENCAR

O Guarani 7.3 · 7.3

Waves of gold and purple

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A luz frouxa e suave do ocaso, deslizando pela verde alcatifa, enrolava-se como ondas de ouro e de púrpura sobre a folhagem das árvores.

The faint, soft light of the sunset, gliding over the green carpet of the land, coiled like waves of gold and purple over the foliage of the trees.

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The setting

The soft light of the sunset, gliding over the green carpet of the land, coiled like waves of gold and purple over the foliage of the trees.

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Alencar paints in imperial colors — gold and purple, the light like water. The forest becomes a carpet, the sunset a tide; the whole scene is being consecrated.

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