Foi Lá Que Balearam o Doca Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Antonte balearam o Doca

Yesterday they shot Doca

Na volta dumas carreiras

On the return of some races

Mataram por coisa pouca

They killed for a small thing

Um índio, assim, de primeira

An Indian, just like that, from the start


Foi mesmo o João das Biboca

It was indeed João das Biboca

Filho da inhá benzedeira

Son of Inhá, the healer

Por ciúmes da Maroca

Out of jealousy for Maroca

Chinoca linda e matreira

Charming and cunning Chinoca


Finou-se o Doca num grito

Doca ended with a scream

Em pleno domingo, o coitado

On a Sunday, the poor man

Como se fosse um cabrito

As if he were a kid

Num dia santo ofertado

Offered on a holy day


Um tirambaço e a Maroca

A shot, and Maroca

Quedou de pronto viúva

Immediately became a widow

Lembrando sempre que ao Doca

Always remembering that João

O João pelou-lhe a coruja

Pecked his owl to Doca


Foi-se o Doca, atocaiado

Doca went, ambushed

Na frente duns eucalipto

In front of some eucalyptus trees

E o João virou pelos mato

And João turned into the woods

Virou um qüera proscrito

Became an outlaw


E se hoje perguntam onde

And if today they ask where

O diabo perdeu as bota

The devil lost his boots

Digo que sei, não é longe

I say I know, it's not far

Foi lá que balearam o Doca

That's where they shot Doca


Hoje os dois vivem nas bocas

Today, both live in the mouths

Do leva e traz das lavadeiras

Of the gossiping washerwomen

Pois não dormiam de touca

Because they didn't sleep with caution

Nem eram flor que se cheira

Nor were they flowers that smell

Mas, lagarto longe da toca

But, a lizard away from the hole

Mui pronto vira peneira

Quickly turns into a sieve

Inda mais quando provoca

Especially when provoked

Num truco de calavera

In a game of skull

Added by Maria Costa
Luanda, Angola December 18, 2024
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