“Acquainted with the Night”, by Robert Frost, translated into Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese translation of  “Acquainted with the Night”, by Robert Frost.
Translation by Luísa Pessoa.

MINHA VELHA CONHECIDA, A NOITE

A noite é minha velha conhecida.
Eu já fui e voltei em meio à chuva,
Além das luzes da última avenida.

Já vi nos becos a tristeza nua.
Ao cruzar com o guarda noturno,
Baixei os olhos e evitei perguntas.

Suspendi meus passos, taciturno,
Quando uma voz interrompida
Soou ao longe, sem em seu turno

Oferecer-me adeus ou companhia.
E mais além no céu, longínqua,
A lua qual relógio reluzia

Sem ver no tempo bondade ou vilania.
A noite é minha velha conhecida.

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. 
I have been one acquainted with the night.

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