Resto de Baile

Antonio Gringo
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Dei de rédeas em busca de um baile campeiro

I took the reins in search of a rustic dance

Na luz de candieiro queimando o pavio

In the lantern light burning the wick

Cheguei como chega, sem dar ô de casa

I arrived as one arrives, without announcing my arrival

De primeira vaza dancei o bugio

At the first beat, I danced the "bugio"*


Dancei toda a noite levando comigo

I danced all night, carrying with me

O resto de baile no meu assobio

The remainder of the dance in my whistle

Lembrando da moça da flor no cabelo

Remembering the girl with the flower in her hair

Pedindo ao gaiteiro o mesmo bugio

Asking the accordion player for the same "bugio"


De par com a viola, a cordeona chorava

Side by side with the guitar, the accordion wept

E eu me perguntava por qual a razão

And I wondered for what reason

Que a moça morena da flor no cabelo

That dark-haired girl with the flower in her hair

Ficava com os olhos pregados no chão

Kept her eyes glued to the ground


Talvez busque na noite de um baile campeiro

Perhaps seeking in the night of a rustic dance

A luz que o candieiro não pode lhe dar

The light that the lantern cannot give her

Quem fica cismando perdida no sonho

Who lingers lost in the dream

Por certo campeia também o seu par

Surely also finds her partner


De par com a viola, a cordeona chorava

Side by side with the guitar, the accordion wept

E eu me perguntava por qual a razão

And I wondered for what reason

Que a moça morena da flor no cabelo

That dark-haired girl with the flower in her hair

Ficava com os olhos pregados no chão

Kept her eyes glued to the ground

Added by Sofia Costa
Luanda, Angola August 14, 2024
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