O Timpanas Lyrics Translation in English

Amália Rodrigues
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Meia azul e bota alta

Half blue and high boot

A reinar com toda a malta

Ruling with all the folks

É o rei das traquitanas

He's the king of gadgets

O timpanas!

The timpanas!


O pinóia na boleia

The pinóia in the driver's seat

De chapéu a Patuleia

With a hat, Patuleia

Faz juntar o mulherio

Gathers the ladies

No Rossio

In Rossio


Quando levo as bailarinas

When I take the dancers

Do teatro ao Lumiar

From the theater to Lumiar

Bailo eu e baila a sege

I dance, and the carriage dances

E as pilecas a bailar

And the skirts dance


No bolieiro de Lisboa

In the coach of Lisbon

Não é lá qualquer pessoa

Not just anyone

Que as pilecas dão nas vistas

That the skirts catch the eye

São fadistas

They are fadistas


São cavalos de alta escola

They are high school horses

O das varas toca viola

The one with the poles plays the guitar

E o da sela que é malhado

And the spotted one with the saddle

Bate o fado

Plays the fado


Quando bato p'rás marmotas

When I go to the marmots

Roda acima, roda abaixo

Up and down I go

Eu dou vinho aos meus cavalos

I give wine to my horses

Mas sou eu que vou borracho

But I'm the one who ends up drunk


Já andei por tanta espera

I've been through so much waiting

Já levei tanto boléu

I've taken so many beatings

Já conheço tantos bois

I know so many oxen

Que lhes tiro o chapéu

I take off my hat to them


Meia azul e bota alta

Half blue and high boot

A reinar com toda a malta

Ruling with all the folks

É o rei das traquitanas

He's the king of gadgets

O timpanas!

The timpanas!

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Luanda, Angola August 18, 2024
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