Podres Poderes Lyrics in English Maria Gadú
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Podres Poderes by Maria Gadú from Portuguese to English.
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Enquanto os homens exercem
While men exercise
Seus podres poderes
Your rotten powers
Motos e fuscas avançam
Motorcycles and beetles advance
Os sinais vermelhos
The red signs
E perdem os verdes
And lose the greens
Somos uns boçais
We're a little bally
Queria querer gritar
I wish I wanted to scream
Setecentas mil vezes
Seven hundred thousand times
Como são lindos
How beautiful they are
Como são lindos os burgueses
How beautiful the bourgeois are
E os japoneses
And the Japanese
Mas tudo é muito mais
But everything is so much more
Será que nunca faremos senão confirmar
Will we ever do but confirm
A incompetência da américa católica
The incompetence of Catholic America
Que sempre precisará de ridículos tiranos
Who will always need ridiculous tyrants
Será, será, que será?
Is it, will it be?
Que será, que será?
What's it going to be?
Será que esta minha estúpida retórica
Is this my stupid rhetoric
Terá que soar, terá que se ouvir
It's going to have to sound, you're going to have to listen
Por mais zil anos
For more zil years
Enquanto os homens exercem
While men exercise
Seus podres poderes
Your rotten powers
Índios e padres e bichas
Indians and priests and
Negros e mulheres
Blacks and women
E adolescentes
And teenagers
Fazem o carnaval
They do the carnival
Queria querer cantar afinado com eles
I wish I wanted to sing in tune with them
Silenciar em respeito ao seu transe num êxtase
Silence in respect for your trance in ecstasy
Ser indecente
Being indecent
Mas tudo é muito mau
But everything is very bad
Ou então cada paisano e cada capataz
Or else every countryman and every foreman
Com sua burrice fará jorrar sangue demais
With your stupidity will make too much blood gush
Nos pantanais, nas cidades
In the wetland, in the cities
Caatingas e nos gerais
Caatingas and general
Será que apenas os hermetismos pascoais
Is it only the paschal hermetics
E os tons, os mil tons
And the tones, the thousand tones
Seus sons e seus dons geniais
Your sounds and your genius gifts
Nos salvam, nos salvarão
They save us, they'll save us
Dessas trevas e nada mais
Of this darkness and nothing more
Enquanto os homens exercem
While men exercise
Seus podres poderes
Your rotten powers
Morrer e matar de fome
Die and starve to death
De raiva e de sede
Anger and seed
São tantas vezes
There are so many times
Gestos naturais
Natural gestures
Eu quero aproximar o meu cantar vagabundo
I want to approach my bum sing
Daqueles que velam pela alegria do mundo
Of those who care for the joy of the world
Indo e mais fundo
Going and deeper
Tins e bens e tais
Tins and goods and such
Será que nunca faremos senão confirmar
Will we ever do but confirm
Na incompetência da américa católica
In the incompetence of Catholic America
Que sempre precisará de ridículos tiranos
Who will always need ridiculous tyrants
Será, será, que será?
Is it, will it be?
Que será, que será?
What's it going to be?
Será que essa minha estúpida retórica
Is that my stupid rhetoric
Terá que soar, terá que se ouvir
It's going to have to sound, you're going to have to listen
Por mais zil anos
For more zil years
Ou então cada paisano e cada capataz
Or else every countryman and every foreman
Com sua burrice fará jorrar sangue demais
With your stupidity will make too much blood gush
Nos pantanais, nas cidades
In the wetland, in the cities
Caatingas e nos gerais
Caatingas and general
Será que apenas
Is it just
Os hermetismos pascoais
The Paschal hermetics
E os tons, os mil tons
And the tones, the thousand tones
Seus sons e seus dons geniais
Your sounds and your genius gifts
Nos salvam, nos salvarão
They save us, they'll save us
Dessas trevas e nada mais
Of this darkness and nothing more
Enquanto os homens
While men
Exercem seus podres poderes
They exercise their rotten powers
Morrer e matar de fome
Die and starve to death
De raiva e de sede
Anger and seed
São tantas vezes
There are so many times
Gestos naturais
Natural gestures
Eu quero aproximar
I want to get closer
O meu cantar vagabundo
My bum sing
Daqueles que velam
Of those who sail
Pela alegria do mundo
For the joy of the world
Indo mais fundo
Going deeper
Tins e bens e tais!
Tins and goods and such!
Indo mais fundo
Going deeper
Tins e bens e tais!
Tins and goods and such!
Indo mais fundo
Going deeper
Tins e bens e tais!
Tins and goods and such!
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