Marinheiros | Sailors

Pela mão do avô pisaram pela primeira vez descalços as pedras húmidas do cais. Foi a voz ríspida do avô que os ensinou a caçar as velas e a ter atenção à retranca sempre que a embarcação mudava de direção. Foi a paixão do avô pelo mar que se infiltrou em cada pedaço do seu corpo e os fez dizer desde pequeninos, que queriam ser marinheiros. Foi o olhar apaixonado do avô que lhes mostrou a beleza do mar, fosse dia de sol ou de temporal. Em bebés, muitas foram as noites em que só o avô os conseguia adormecer quando enroscados uns nos outros, no fundo do barco, eram embalados pelas ondas do mar. 

Hoje terminaram o seu curso na Escola Naval, ambos com a melhor nota da sua turma. Hoje são marinheiros e estão prestes a viver a sua vida como sempre quiseram: a balouçar nas ondas do mar.

 

By their grandfhater hand they stepped for the first time the slippery stones of the peer, barefooted. It was at the sound of grandfather harsh voice that they learned to hut the sails, to be aware of the sail outrigger whenver the ship turned direction. It was his passion for the sea that was embedded in their bodies and made them want to be sailors. It was the passionate eye of the old man that showed them the beauty of the sea, whether it was sunny or stormy. As they were babies, many were the nights in wich only grandpa could make them fall asleep, tucked in on the bottom of the ship, rocked by the sea waves.

They end today Naval School, with the best grades from their class. Today they are sailors for real, despite they had been that since birth. From now on they will live life as they wished: swinging in the sea waves.