O Bêbado e a Equilibrista Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Caía a tarde feito um viaduto

Evening fell like a viaduct

E um bêbado trajando luto

And a drunk wearing mourning

Me lembrou Carlitos

Reminded me of Carlitos


A lua tal qual a dona do bordel

The moon, like the owner of the brothel

Pedia a cada estrela fria

Asked each cold star

Um brilho de aluguel

For a rented sparkle


E nuvens lá no mata-borrão do céu

And clouds there in the blotter of the sky

Chupavam manchas torturadas

Sucked tortured stains

Que sufoco!

What a hardship!

Louco, o bêbado com chapéu coco

Crazy, the drunk with a coconut hat

Fazia irreverências mil

Performed a thousand irreverences

Pra noite do Brasil, meu Brasil

For the night of Brazil, my Brazil


Que sonha com a volta do irmão do Henfil

Which dreams of the return of Henfil's brother

Com tanta gente que partiu

With so many people who have departed

Num rabo de foguete

In a rocket's tail


Chora a nossa pátria, mãe gentil

Our gentle homeland weeps

Choram Marias e Clarisses

Marias and Clarisses weep

No solo do Brasil

On the soil of Brazil


Mas sei que uma dor assim pungente

But I know that a pain so poignant

Não há de ser inutilmente

Will not be in vain

A esperança dança

Hope dances

Na corda bamba de sombrinha

On the tightrope of a little umbrella

E em cada passo dessa linha

And in each step of this line

Pode se machucar

One can get hurt


Azar, a esperança equilibrista

Bad luck, the balancing hope

Sabe que o show de todo artista

Knows that the show of every artist

Tem que continuar

Must go on

Added by Ricardo Sousa
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau October 31, 2024
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