Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Não sei o que hei-de ser sozinho.

English translation:

I don't know what will be of me, alone.

Added to glossary by Oliver Simões
Dec 18, 2018 18:19
5 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Não sei o que hei-de ser sozinho.

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I didn't quite understand what Pessoa means by this line. Any idea? I'm looking for something original and precise (and hopefully, poetic), preferably not a copy from existing translations. :-)

"Todos dias agora acordo com alegria e pena.
Antigamente acordava sem sensação nenhuma; acordava.
Tenho alegria e pena porque perco o que sonho
E posso estar na realidade onde está o que sonho.
Não sei o que hei-de fazer das minhas sensações.
Não sei o que hei-de ser sozinho.
Quero que ela me diga qualquer coisa para eu acordar de novo.
Quem ama é diferente de quem é
É a mesma pessoa sem ninguém." - Alberto Caeiro / Fernando Pessoa

Future with "haver de": https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/9brxav/haver_de...
Change log

Dec 20, 2018 16:54: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "Não sei o que hei-de ser sozinho."" to ""I don\'t know what will be of me, alone.""

Proposed translations

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I don't know what will be of me, alone.

this is the meaning.
Peer comment(s):

agree Raquel Holzmann (X)
7 hrs
Thanks, Raquel!
agree JohnMcDove
8 hrs
Thanks, John!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This translation seems to fit my context better in terms of register and language choice. Thank you, Katarina. Thank you all."
16 mins

What am I all alone?

My man left me, WTF am I gonna do now bro?
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51 mins

I wonder what / I have no idea what I'd be all by myself

Sugestão
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6 hrs

I don't know what I'm gonna be, alone...

Another variation.
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18 hrs

how will I make it on my own

suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree Gilmar Fernandes
23 hrs
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1 day 16 hrs

I know not what I'm to be on my own

A somewhat poetic way to translate it.
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