History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)

Note 278 — CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.

Thomasina Ross translation

Those who understand, or imagine they understand Portuguese, may try how far it is practicable to translate verbally the commencement of one of these eclogues:—

Roque. He gram coisa bergonha ter no rosto; a o tella nelle antrambos ugalmente, agora a hum põto aqui ambos ha posto A poys tàmen dos dous algó nõ mente digeme, ò certo, se de mim Martinho mal falou honte a aquella boa gente. Afons. Se a todos lhe esquece o Samsodorninho, como lhes lembrarias? Sò tratàmos de dar ós bolos fim, a fim o binho. Em tè, maes nom querer todos folgamos.

Return to CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.