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| Downwind from Flowers, by Lee Paton | A favor do vento das Flores, de Lee Paton |
| Several years ago in Seattle, Washington, there lived a 52-year old Tibetan refugee, Tenzin, as I will call him, who was diagnosed with one of the more curable forms of lymphoma. | Muitos anos atrás, em Seattle, Washington, vivia um refugiado tibetano de 52 anos, Tenzin, como vou chamá-lo, que foi diagnosticado com uma das formas mais curáveis de linfoma. |
| He was admitted to the hospital and received his first dose of chemotherapy. | Ele foi internado na clínica e recebeu sua primeira dose de quimioterapia. |
| But during the treatment, this usually gentle man became extremely angry and upset. | Mas durante o tratamento, esse homem geralmente gentil ficou extremamente irritado e chateado. |
| He pulled the IV out of his arm and refused to cooperate. | Ele puxou a intravenosa de seu braço e se recusou a cooperar. |
| He shouted at the nurses and became argumentative with everyone who came near him. | Ele gritou com as enfermeiras e começou a discutir com todos que se aproximavam dele. |
| The doctors and nurses were baffled. | Os médicos e enfermeiros ficaram perplexos. |
| Then Tenzin's wife spoke to the hospital staff. | Então a esposa de Tenzin falou com a equipe da clínica. |
| She told them Tenzin had been held as a political prisoner by the Chinese for 17 years. | Ela disse a eles que Tenzin havia sido mantido como prisioneiro político pelos chineses por 17 anos. |
| They killed his first wife and repeatedly tortured and brutalized him throughout his imprisonment. | Eles mataram sua primeira esposa e repetidamente o torturaram e brutalizaram durante sua prisão. |
| She told them that the hospital rules and regulations, coupled with the chemotherapy treatments, gave Tenzin horrible flashbacks of what had suffered at the hands of the Chinese. | Ela disse a eles que as regras e regulamentos da clínica, juntamente com os tratamentos de quimioterapia, deram a Tenzin flashbacks horríveis do que havia sofrido nas mãos dos chineses. |
| "I know you mean to help him," she said, "but he feels tortured by your treatments." | "Eu sei que você pretende ajudá-lo", disse ela, "mas ele se sente torturado por seus tratamentos." |
| "They are causing him to feel hatred inside ~ just like he felt toward the Chinese." | "Os tratamentos estão fazendo com que ele sinta ódio por dentro, assim como sentia pelos chineses." |
| "He would rather die than have to live with the hatred he is now feeling." | "Ele prefere morrer do que ter que viver com o ódio que está sentindo agora." |
| "And, according to our belief, it is very bad to have hatred in your heart at the time of death." | "E, de acordo com nossa crença, é muito ruim ter ódio em seu coração na hora da morte." |
| "He needs to be able to pray and cleanse his heart." | "Ele precisa ser capaz de orar e limpar seu coração." |
| So the doctors discharged Tenzin and asked the hospice team to visit him in his home. | Os médicos então deram alta a Tenzin e pediram à equipe da clínica para visitá-lo em sua casa. |
| I was the hospice nurse assigned to his care. | Eu era a enfermeira da clínica designada para cuidar dele. |
| I called a local representative from Amnesty International for advice. | Liguei para um representante local da Anistia Internacional para pedir conselhos. |
| He told me that the only way to heal the damage from torture is to "talk it through. | Ele me disse que a única maneira de curar os danos da tortura é "conversar sobre isso". |
| This person has lost his trust in humanity and feels hope is impossible," the man said. | Esta pessoa perdeu sua confiança na humanidade e sente que a esperança é impossível", disse o homem. |
| "If you are to help him, you must find a way to give him hope." | "Se você vai ajudá-lo, deve encontrar uma maneira de dar-lhe esperança." |
| But when I encouraged Tenzin to talk about his experiences, he held up his hand and stopped me. | Mas quando encorajei Tenzin a falar sobre suas experiências, ele ergueu a mão e me parou. |
| He said: | Ele disse: |
| "I must learn to love again if I am to heal my soul." | "Devo aprender a amar novamente se quiser curar minha alma." |
| "Your job is not to ask me questions." | "Seu trabalho não é me fazer perguntas." |
| "Your job is to teach me to love again." | "Seu trabalho é me ensinar a amar novamente." |
| I took a deep breath. | Eu respirei fundo. |
| I asked him: | Perguntei a ele: |
| "So, how can I help you love again?" | "Então, como posso ajudá-lo a amar de novo?" |
| Tenzin immediately replied: | Tenzin respondeu imediatamente: |
| "Sit down, drink my tea and eat my cookies." | "Sente-se, beba meu chá e coma meus biscoitos". |
| Tibetan tea is strong black tea laced with yak butter and salt. | O chá tibetano é um chá preto forte misturado com manteiga de iaque e sal. |
| It isn't easy to drink! | Não é fácil de beber! |
| But that is what I did. | Mas foi isso que eu fiz. |
| For several weeks, Tenzin, his wife, and I sat together, drinking tea. | Por várias semanas, Tenzin, sua esposa e eu sentamos juntos, tomando chá. |
| We also worked with his doctors to find ways to treat his physical pain. | Também trabalhamos com seus médicos para encontrar maneiras de tratar sua dor física. |
| But it was his spiritual pain that seemed to be lessening. | Mas era sua dor espiritual que parecia estar diminuindo. |
| Each time I arrived, Tenzin was sitting cross-legged on his bed, reciting prayers from his books. | Cada vez que eu chegava, Tenzin estava sentado de pernas cruzadas em sua cama, recitando orações de seus livros. |
| As time went on, he and his wife hung more and more colorful "thankas," Tibetan Buddhist banners, on the walls. | Com o passar do tempo, ele e sua esposa penduraram mais e mais "thankas" coloridos, bandeiras budistas tibetanas, nas paredes. |
| The room was fast becoming a beautiful, religious shrine. | A sala estava rapidamente se tornando um belo santuário religioso. |
| When the spring came, I asked Tenzin what Tibetans do when they are ill in the spring. | Quando a primavera chegou, perguntei a Tenzin o que os tibetanos fazem quando ficam doentes na primavera. |
| He smiled brightly and said: | Ele sorriu radiantemente e disse: |
| "We sit downwind from flowers." | "Nós nos sentamos a favor do vento das flores." |
| I thought he must be speaking poetically. | Achei que ele estava falando poeticamente. |
| But Tenzin's words were quite literal. | Mas as palavras de Tenzin eram bastante literais. |
| He told me Tibetans sit downwind so they can be dusted with the new blossoms' pollen that floats on the spring breeze. | Ele me disse que os tibetanos sentam-se a favor do vento para que possam ser polvilhados com o pólen das novas flores que flutuam na brisa da primavera. |
| They feel this new pollen is strong medicine. | Eles sentem que este novo pólen é um remédio forte. |
| At first, finding enough blossoms seemed a bit daunting. | No começo, encontrar flores suficientes parecia um pouco assustador. |
| Then, one of my friends suggested that Tenzin visit some of the local flower nurseries. | Então, um dos meus amigos sugeriu que Tenzin visitasse algumas das floriculturas locais. |
| I called the manager of one of the nurseries and explained the situation. | Liguei para o gerente de uma das floriculturas e expliquei a situação. |
| The manager's initial response was: | A resposta inicial do gerente foi: |
| "You want to do what?" | "Você quer fazer o quê?" |
| But when I explained the request, the manager agreed. | Mas quando expliquei o pedido, o gerente concordou. |
| So, the next weekend, I picked up Tenzin and his wife with their provisions for the afternoon: black tea, butter, salt, cups, cookies, prayer beads and prayer books. | Então, no fim de semana seguinte, peguei Tenzin e sua esposa com suas provisões para a tarde: chá preto, manteiga, sal, xícaras, biscoitos, contas de oração e livros de orações. |
| I dropped them off at the nursery and assured them I would return at 5:00. | Deixei-os na floricultura e garanti-lhes que voltaria às 17h. |
| The following weekend, Tenzin and his wife visited another nursery. | No fim de semana seguinte, Tenzin e sua esposa visitaram outra floricultura. |
| The third weekend, they went to yet another nursery. | No terceiro fim de semana, eles foram para outra floricultura. |
| The fourth week, I began to get calls from the nurseries inviting Tenzin and his wife to come again. | Na quarta semana, comecei a receber ligações das floriculturas convidando Tenzin e sua esposa a voltarem. |
| One of the managers said: | Um dos gerentes disse: |
| "We've got a new shipment of nicotiana coming in and some wonderful fuchsias and oh, yes! Some great daphne." | "Temos uma nova remessa de nicotiana chegando e algumas fúcsias maravilhosas e oh, sim! Um ótimo daphne." |
| "I know they would love the scent of that daphne! And I almost forgot! We have some new lawn furniture that Tenzin and his wife might enjoy." | "Eu sei que eles adorariam o cheiro daquela daphne! E eu quase esqueci! Temos alguns móveis de jardim novos que Tenzin e sua esposa podem gostar." |
| Later that day, I got a call from the second nursery saying that they had colorful wind socks that would help Tenzin predict where the wind was blowing. | Mais tarde naquele dia, recebi uma ligação da segunda floricultura dizendo que eles tinham birutas coloridas que ajudariam Tenzin a prever para onde o vento estava soprando. |
| Pretty soon, the nurseries were competing for Tenzin's visits. | Em pouco tempo, as floriculturas estavam competindo pelas visitas de Tenzin. |
| People began to know and care about the Tibetan couple. | As pessoas começaram a conhecer e se importar com o casal tibetano. |
| The nursery employees started setting out the lawn furniture in the direction of the wind. | Os funcionários das floriculturas começaram a arrumar os móveis do gramado na direção do vento. |
| Others would bring out fresh hot water for their tea. | Outros traziam água quente fresca para o chá. |
| Some of the regular customers would leave their wagons of flowers near the two of them. | Alguns dos clientes habituais deixavam seus carrinhos de flores perto dos dois. |
| At the end of the summer, Tenzin returned to his doctor for another CT scan to determine the extent of the spread of the cancer. | No final do verão, Tenzin voltou ao seu médico para outra tomografia computadorizada para determinar a extensão da propagação do câncer. |
| But the doctor could find no evidence of cancer at all. | Mas o médico não conseguiu encontrar nenhuma evidência de câncer. |
| He was dumbfounded. | Ele ficou pasmo. |
| He told Tenzin that he just couldn't explain it. | Ele disse a Tenzin que simplesmente não conseguia explicar. |
| Tenzin lifted his finger and said: | Tenzin levantou o dedo e disse: |
| "I know why the cancer has gone away." | "Eu sei por que o câncer foi embora." |
| "It could no longer live in a body that is filled with love." | "Ele não poderia mais viver em um corpo cheio de amor." |
| "When I began to feel all the compassion from the hospice people, from the nursery employees, and all those people who wanted to know about me, I started to change inside." | "Quando comecei a sentir toda a compaixão do pessoal da clínica, dos funcionários das floriculturas e de todas as pessoas que queriam saber sobre mim, comecei a mudar por dentro." |
| "Now, I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to heal in this way." | "Agora, sinto-me afortunado por ter tido a oportunidade de me curar dessa maneira." |
| "Doctor, please don't think that your medicine is the only cure." | "Doutor, por favor, não pense que seu remédio é a única cura." |
| "Sometimes compassion can cure cancer, as well." | "Às vezes, a compaixão também pode curar o câncer. |
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| 22 | of | 18 | tenzin | 18 | he | 14 | that | 12 | is |
| 10 | a | 9 | with | 9 | was | 9 | in | 9 | him |
| 9 | from | 8 | wife | 8 | they | 8 | but | 8 | at |
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| 5 | told | 5 | them | 5 | some | 5 | love | 5 | know |
| 5 | have | 4 | what | 4 | we | 4 | tibetan | 4 | this |
| 4 | so | 4 | one | 4 | on | 4 | nurseries | 4 | not |
| 4 | new | 4 | my | 4 | help | 4 | had | 4 | feel |
| 4 | cancer | 4 | be | 4 | as | 4 | again | 3 | wind |
| 3 | who | 3 | were | 3 | weekend | 3 | way | 3 | time |
| 3 | their | 3 | tenzin's | 3 | spring | 3 | sit | 3 | she |
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