Que Tal Um Samba? Lyrics in English Chico Buarque , Hamilton De Holanda
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Um samba
A samba
Que tal um samba?
How about a samba?
Puxar um samba, que tal?
Play a samba, how about that?
Para espantar o tempo feio
To scare away the ugly weather
Para remediar o estrago
To repair the damage
Que tal um trago?
How about a drink?
Um desafogo, um devaneio
A release, a daydream
Um samba pra alegrar o dia
A samba to brighten the day
Pra zerar o jogo
To reset the game
Coração pegando fogo
Heart on fire
E cabeça fria
And cool head
Um samba com categoria, com calma
A samba with category, calmly
Cair no mar, lavar a alma
Fall into the sea, wash your soul
Tomar um banho de sal grosso, que tal?
Take a thick salt bath, how about that?
Sair do fundo do poço
Get out of the pit
Andar de boa
Walk well
Ver um batuque lá no cais do Valongo
See a batuque at Valongo pier
Dançar o jongo lá na Pedra do Sal
Dancing jongo at Pedra do Sal
Entrar na roda da Gamboa
Enter the Gamboa circle
Fazer um gol de bicicleta
Score a bicycle goal
Dar de goleada
Give a rout
Deitar na cama da amada
Lay in your loved one's bed
Despertar poeta
Awakening poet
Achar a rima que completa o estribilho
Find the rhyme that completes the refrain
Fazer um filho, que tal?
Having a baby, how about that?
Pra ver crescer, criar um filho
To see it grow, to raise a child
Num bom lugar, numa cidade legal
In a good place, in a nice city
Um filho com a pele escura
A son with dark skin
Com formosura
With beauty
Bem brasileiro, que tal?
Very Brazilian, how about that?
Não com dinheiro
Not with money
Mas a cultura
But the culture
Que tal uma beleza pura
How about pure beauty
No fim da borrasca?
At the end of the storm?
Já depois de criar casca
Already after creating shell
E perder a ternura
And lose the tenderness
Depois de muita bola fora da meta
After a lot of ball off target
De novo com a coluna ereta, que tal?
Again with an erect spine, how about that?
Juntar os cacos, ir à luta
Pick up the pieces, go to fight
Manter o rumo e a cadência
Maintain course and cadence
Esconjurar a ignorância, que tal?
Conjuring ignorance, how about that?
Desmantelar a força bruta
Dismantle brute force
Então que tal puxar um samba
So how about playing a samba
Puxar um samba legal
Play a cool samba
Puxar um samba porreta
Play a cool samba
Depois de tanta mutreta
After so much nonsense
Depois de tanta cascata
After so much waterfall
Depois de tanta derrota
After so much defeat
Depois de tanta demência
After so much dementia
E uma dor filha da puta, que tal?
And motherfucking pain, how about that?
Puxar um samba
Play a samba
Que tal um samba?
How about a samba?
Um samba
A samba
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