O bêbado e a equilibrista Lyrics in English Elis Regina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song O bêbado e a equilibrista by Elis Regina from Portuguese to English.
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Verse 1
Caía
Fell
A tarde feito um viaduto
The afternoon made an overpass
E um bêbado trajando luto
And a drunk wearing mourning
Me lembrou carlitos
Reminded me carlitos
A lua
The moon
Tal qual a dona dum bordel
Just like the brothel owner
Pedia a cada estrela fria
I asked every cold star
Um brilho de aluguel
A rental glow
E nuvens
And clouds
Lá no mata-borrão do céu
There in the sky blotter
Chupavam manchas torturadas
They sucked tortured stains
Que sufoco, louco!
What a suffocation, crazy!
Chorus 1
O bêbado com chapéu coco
The drunk with the coconut hat
Fazia irreverências mil
He made a thousand irreverences
Pra noite do brasil
For the night of Brazil
Meu brasil
My brazil
Verse 2
Que sonha
Who dreams
Com a volta do irmão do henfil
With the return of henfil's brother
Com tanta gente que partiu
With so many people who left
Num rabo de foguete
In a rocket tail
Chora a nossa pátria mãe gentil
Weep our gentle motherland
Choram marias e clarisses
Cry marias and clarisses
No solo do brasil
On the soil of Brazil
Mas sei
But I know
Que uma dor assim pungente
What a poignant pain
Não há de ser inutilmente
It is not to be uselessly
Chorus 2
A esperança dança
Hope dances
Na corda bamba de sombrinha
On the tightrope of umbrella
E em cada passo dessa linha
And at every step of that line
Pode se machucar
You can get hurt
Azar
Bad luck
A esperança equilibrista
Equilibrium hope
Sabe que o show de todo artista
You know every artist's show
Tem que continuar
You have to keep going
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Joao Bosco De Freitas Mucci, Aldir Blanc Mendes
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