Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
desce os olhos pela estrada
English translation:
drifts the / his eyes down the road
Portuguese term
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
desce os olhos pela estrada
Fernando Pessoa on Cesário Verde:
"Que pena que tenho dele! Ele era um camponês
Que andava preso em liberdade pela cidade.
Mas o modo como olhava para as casas,
E o modo como reparava nas ruas,
E a maneira como dava pelas coisas,
É o de quem olha para árvores,
E de quem desce os olhos pela estrada por onde vai andando
E anda a reparar nas flores que há pelos campos..."
| 4 +5 | drifts the eyes down the road |
airmailrpl
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| 4 | casts (their)/one's eyes/gaze down the road |
Domini Lucas
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Jan 12, 2019 06:14: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "desce os olhos pela estrada"" to ""drifts the eyes down the road""
Jan 12, 2019 10:43: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "desce os olhos pela estrada"" to ""drifts the / his eyes down the road""
Jan 14, 2019 20:12: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/21987">airmailrpl's</a> old entry - "desce os olhos pela estrada"" to ""drifts the (his) eyes down the road""
Proposed translations
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
drifts the eyes down the road
United Kingdom
Academic and Literary Translator
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Greek to English
casts (their)/one's eyes/gaze down the road
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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2019-01-11 01:56:15 GMT)
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Apologies for the parentheses. Hope they are not confusing. At first glance I would have written "casts their eyes down the road" but noted you have chosen "one's" and "gaze" so put both in as I haven't tried translating the whole poem.
Glances down the road also comes to mind, but it omits eyes and feels more transitory.
| Thank you, Domini. The parentheses are not confusing at all. I'll keep your suggestion in mind for another context, which refers to "lançar um olhar", for which "cast a gaze" sounds perfect. For this one, I'll pick the competing answer. |
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