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tr. de Fr. Brosky Zora N. Hurston’s Their eyes were tr. de Andrés Ibañez notas
« C’est pas quje pleure la mort
de Joe, Phoeby. Mais j’aime tant ma
liberté.
- Chhht ! Laisse personne t’entend’ le
dire, Janie. Les gens vont dire qu’tu
regrettes pas qu’y soit parti.
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“ ’Tain’t dat Ah worries over Joe’s
death, Pheoby. Ah jus’ loves dis
freedom.”
“Sh-sh-sh! Don’t let nobody hear you
say dat, Janie. Folks will say you ain’t
sorry he’s gone.”
- Laisse-les dire c-qu’y veulent, Phoeby. 10 “Let ’em say whut dey wants
Comme moi jvois les choses, le deuil tuh, Pheoby. To my thinkin’
devrait pas durer plus longtemps qule mourning oughtn’t tuh last no
chagrin. » [172]
longer’n grief.” [89]
—No es que siga obsesioná con la muerte
de Joe, Pheoby. Es que quiero disfrutar de esta
libertá.
—¡Chsss! Que nadie te oiga decir
eso. La gente diría que no has sentío
su muerte.
—Déjales que digan lo que
quieran, Pheoby. Según yo lo veo,
el luto no debería durar má que la
pena. [112]
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CHAPTER 10
CAPÍTULO 10
Chapter 10
Un jour, Hezekiah demanda congé pour 25
pouvoir accompagner l’équipe de base-ball.
Janie lui dit de ne pas se presser au retour.
Pour une fois, elle fermerait le magasin
toute seule. II lui recommanda de bien vérifier
les loquets des portes et des fenêtres et
partit en plastronnant pour Winter Park.
0ne day Hezekiah asked off from
work to go off with the ball team.
Janie told him not to hurry back. She
could close up the store herself this
once. He cautioned her about the
30 catches on the windows and doors and
swaggered off to Winter Park.
La clientèle était rare ce jour-là, car Business was dull all day, because
nombre de gens étaient partis assister numbers of people had gone to the game.
au match. Elle décida de fermer tôt. 35 She decided to close early, because it
Cela ne valait guère la peine de rester
ouvert un jour pareil. Elle s’était fixé
six heures comme limite.
was hardly worth the trouble of keeping
open on an afternoon like this. She had
set six o’clock as her limit.
À cinq heures et demie, un homme de 40
haute taille entra. Janie était appuyée contre
At five-thirty a tall man came into
the place. Janie was leaning on the
le comptoir et griffonnait sans but sur une counter making aimless pencil marks
feuille de papier d’emballage. Elle savait on a piece of wrapping paper. She
qu’elle ignorait le nom de l’homme, mais knew she didn’t know his name, but
sa tête lui disait quelque chose.
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« `Soir, Mis’ Starks », lança-t-il avec
un sourire espiègle, comme s’ils venaient
tous [173] deux de partager une bonne
blague. Elle était prête à rire de son histoire
avant même de l’avoir entendue.
“Good evenin’, Mis’ Starks,” he
said with a sly grin as if they had a
good joke together. She was in favor
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laugh before she even heard it.
« Bonsoir, répondit-elle avec “Good evenin’,,” she answered
amabilité. Z’avez l’avantage pasque pleasantly. “You got all de advantage
moi, jconnais pas vot’ nom.
55 ’cause Ah don’t know yo’ name.”
- Y a peu dchance que jsois aussi connu
quvous.
“People wouldn’t know me lak dey
would you.”
- À force de tnir magasin, on finit par 60 “Ah guess standin’ in uh store do
êt’ connu dans Ivoisinage, j’imagine. J’ai make uh person git tuh be known in de
l’impression dvous avoir déjà vu vicinity. Look lak Ah seen you
quèqupart.
somewhere.”
- Oh ! j’habite pas plus loin 65 “Oh, Ah don’t live no further than
qu’Orlando. Jsuis facile à rpérer, quasi Orlandah. Ah’m easy [90] tuh see on
chaque jour et chaque nuit, rue dl’Église. Church Street most any day or night. You
Z’avez du tabac à fumer ? »
got any smokin’ tobacco?”
Elle ouvrit la vitrine.
« Quelle marque ?
- Camel. »
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“What kind?”
“Camels.”
Elle lui tendit les cigarettes et prit 75 She handed over the cigarettes and
l’argent. II ouvrit le paquet et en glissa une took the money. He broke the pack and
entre ses lèvres pourpres et charnues. thrust one between his full, purple lips.
Un día Hezekiah le pidió ausentarse del
trabajo para irse con el equipo de béisbol.
Janie le dijo que no se diera prisa en volver.
Ella podía encargarse de cerrar la
tienda aquella vez. Él la advirtió respecto
a los cerrojos de puertas y ventanas y se
fue pavoneándose hacia Winter Park.
El negocio anduvo flojo todo el día
porque mucha gente había ido al partido.
Janie decidió cerrar temprano, ya
que no valía la pena molestarse en tener
abierto una tarde como aquélla. Se
puso como tope las seis.
A las cinco y media entró un tipo
alto. Janie estaba inclinada sobre el
mostrador garabateando con un lápiz
en un papel de envolver. Sabía
que no le conocía, pero su aspecto
le resultaba familiar.
—Buena tarde, señora Starks —dijo
él, con una sonrisa maliciosa, como si
ambos participaran de un buen chiste.
Aún antes de oírlo, Janie se sentía bien dispuesta
en favor del chiste que le hacía reír a él.
—Buena tarde —respondió de buen humor—.
Usté juega con ventaja, porque yo no sé
cómo se llama.
—Yo no soy tan conocido
como usté.
—Supongo que el estar en una
tienda hace que te conozcan bien en
tós los alrededores. Creo que le he
visto en alguna parte.
—Bueno, yo no vivo má allá de
Orlando. Es fácil verme en Church
Street casi tós los días o las noches.
¿Tiene usté tabaco pa fumar?
Ella abrió la vitrina.
—¿De qué marca?
—Camels.
Janie le entregó los cigarrillos y cogió el
dinero. Él abrió el paquete y se colocó uno entre
los labios, gruesos y rojos. [113]
One day, Hezekiah leaves the store early to go
to a baseball game. Janie decides to close up
early, since most of the town is at the game.
But before she can do so, a tall stranger enters
the store. He buys cigarettes from her and then
begins making flirtatious small talk, making her
laugh with his jokes. He invites her to play
checkers, which thrills her; no man has ever
respected her enough to ask her to play
checkers. She notices his good looks and
shapely body.
Janie and the stranger play a good-natured
game and continue their flirtation. Afterward,
they chat some more and Janie asks him how
he plans to get home. He answers that he
always finds a way home, even if that requires
sneaking onto a train illegally. She finally asks
his name, and he replies that it is Vergible
Woods but that everyone calls him Tea Cake.
He pretends to leave but makes Janie laugh
with a playful, imaginative joke, and he stays
around. They continue to joke and laugh until
the store fills with people returning from the
game, and they talk until everyone goes home
for the night. He helps her lock up the store,
walks her to her porch, and chastely
[derorosamente] bids her good night.
Analysis
Chapters 9 and 10 mark the beginning of
Janie’s liberation. First, she learns how to be
alone. Then, Tea Cake’s arrival brings her to a
second stage in her development, as she
begins to see what kind of relationship she
wants and how it will help her attain her dreams.
Throughout Chapter 9, Janie brims with
independence and strength. We see her with
her hair down, the symbol of her potency free
and unfettered. Additionally, this chapter is full
of Janie’s voice. Unlike the previous chapters,
in which Jody forcibly keeps her silent, Janie is
now full of conversation: she talks to Ike Green,
Hezekiah, and Pheoby, all the while asserting
her own desires.
As Janie enjoys her newfound freedom of
speech, she becomes more introspective and
self-aware. In previous chapters, Janie
distances herself from her emotions in order to
survive with Jody. Now, however, she confronts
feelings that have lain dormant for almost two
decades. She realizes, somewhat to our
surprise, that she hates her grandmother for
raising her according to a flawed belief system
that values materialism and social status. Janie
understands that she that while people are what
matter to her, she had been raised to value
things. Nevertheless, she has a mature enough
understanding of life not to blame Nanny; she
understands that Nanny impressed these
values upon her out of love. As with Jody, evil
is localized not so much in a person as in a
broader set of beliefs. Nanny is not really a
villain; she is merely misguided by a flawed way
of looking at the world.
With Tea Cake, an entirely new worldview
enters the story. Tea Cake clearly respects Janie
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