Camisa Amarela Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Encontrei o meu pedaço na avenida

Found my buddy on the avenue

De camisa amarela

In a yellow shirt

Cantando a Florisbela, oi, a Florisbela

Singing to Florisbela, oh, Florisbela

Convidei-o a voltar pra casa

Invited him to come back home

Em minha companhia

In my company

Exibiu-me um sorriso de ironia

He showed me a smile of irony

Desapareceu no turbilhão da galeria

Disappeared in the whirlwind of the gallery


Não estava nada bom

Things weren't good at all

O meu pedaço na verdade

My buddy, in truth,

Estava bem mamado

Was quite drunk

Bem chumbado, atravessado

Quite loaded, sideways

Foi por aí cambaleando

Stumbled around that way

Se acabando num cordão

Fading away in a group

Com o reco-reco na mão

With the reco-reco in hand

Mais tarde o encontrei

Later, I found him again

Num café zurrapa

In a cheap café

Do Largo da Lapa

In Largo da Lapa

Folião de raça

Festival-goer by nature

Tomando o quarto copo de cachaça

Taking the fourth glass of cachaça

Isto não é chalaça

This is no joke


Voltou às cinco horas da manhã

He came back at five in the morning

Mas só na quarta feira

But only on Wednesday

Cantando A Jardineira, oi, A Jardineira

Singing "The Gardener," oh, "The Gardener"

Me pediu ainda zonzo

He asked, still dizzy,

Um copo d'água com bicarbonato

For a glass of water with bicarbonate


O meu pedaço estava ruim de fato

My buddy was really in a bad state

Pois caiu na cama

Because he fell into bed

E não tirou nem o sapato

And didn't even take off his shoes


E roncou uma semana

And snored for a week

Despertou mal humorado

Woke up in a bad mood

Quis brigar comigo

Wanted to fight with me

Que perigo, mas não ligo!

What a danger, but I don't care!

O meu pedaço me domina

My buddy dominates me

Me fascina, ele é o tal

Fascinates me, he's the one


Por isso não levo a mal

That's why I don't take offense

Pegou a camisa, a camisa amarela

He grabbed the shirt, the yellow shirt

E botou fogo nela

And set it on fire

Gosto dele assim

I like him that way

Passada a brincadeira

After the joke

E ele é pra mim

And he is for me

Meu Sinhô do Bonfim

My Lord of Bonfim

Added by Rafael Oliveira
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau December 5, 2024
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