Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Deus E O Diabo by Caetano Veloso from Portuguese to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Você tenha ou não tenha medo
Do you or don't be afraid
Nego, nêga, o carnaval chegou
Nego, nêga, carnival has arrived
Mais cedo ou mais tarde acabo
Sooner or later I end up
De cabo a rabo
From end to end
Com essa transação de pavor
With this transaction of dread
O carnaval é invenção do diabo
Carnival is the devil's invention
Que deus abençoou!
What a god you've blessed!
Deus e o diabo no rio de janeiro
God and the devil in rio de janeiro
Cidade de são salvador
City of San Salvador
Não se grile
Don't grile yourself
A rua chile
The street chile
Sempre chega pra quem quer
It always comes for those who want
Quem pode, pode
Who can, can
Quem não pode vira bode
Who can't become a goat
Foge pra praça da sé
Escape to the square of the see
Cidades maravilhosas
Wonderful cities
Cheias de encantos mil
Full of thousand charms
Cidades maravilhosas
Wonderful cities
Os pulmões do meu brasil!
The lungs of my brazil!
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