Jogo De Bola Lyrics in English Chico Buarque
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Jogo De Bola by Chico Buarque from Portuguese to English.
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Há que levar um drible
You have to take a dribble
Por entre as pernas sem perder a linha
Between the legs without losing the line
No jogo de bola
In the ball game
Há que aturar uma embaixadinha, deveras
We have to put up with a bit of embassy, indeed
Como quem tira o chapéu para a mulher
Like someone taking off their hat to a woman
Que lhe deu o fora
Who kicked him out
Há que puxar um samba
We have to play a samba
Sacar o samba lá do labirinto da tua cachola
Get the samba out of the labyrinth of your cachola
E dançar o miudinho
And dance the little girl
Feliz como um pinto no lixo
Happy as a chick in the trash
Mesmo quando o bicho pega
Even when the bug catches
Mesmo quando já passou da hora
Even when it's past time
Salve o futebol, salve a filosofia
Save football, save philosophy
De botequim, salve o jogar bonito
From a bar, save playing nice
O não ganhar no grito a simpatia
Not gaining sympathy in shouting
Quase amor
Almost love
Da guria que antes do apito final
From the girl who before the final whistle
Vai sem aviso embora
Leaves without warning
Vivas a galera, vivas às marias-chuteira
Long live the guys, long live the marias-chuteira
Cujos corações incandescias
Whose hearts glow
Ra, quando em priscas eras
Ra, when in earlier ages
Um Puskás eras
A Puskás was
A fera das feras da esfera, mas agora
The beast of beasts of the sphere, but now
Há que aplaudir o toque
We must applaud the touch
O tique-taque, o pique, o breque, o lance
The tick, the pike, the brake, the throw
De craque do centroavante
From ace to a center forward
E ver rolar a pelota nos pés de um moleque
And watch the football roll at a kid's feet
É ver o próprio tempo num relance
It's seeing time itself at a glance
E sorrir por dentro
And smile inside
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