O Rancho da Goiabada Lyrics Translation in English

Os boias-frias quando tomam umas biritas

The day laborers, when they have a few drinks,

Espantando a tristeza

Chasing away the sadness,

Sonham com bife à cavalo, batata frita

Dream of steak and eggs, french fries,

E a sobremesa

And dessert

É goiabada cascão, com muito queijo, depois café

Is chunky guava paste, with plenty of cheese, then coffee

Cigarro e o beijo de uma mulata chamada

Cigarette and the kiss of a mulatto named

Leonor, ou Dagmar

Leonor, or Dagmar

Amar, um rádio de pilha um fogão jacaré a marmita

To love, a portable radio, a crocodile stove, and a lunchbox

O domingo no bar, onde tantos iguais se reúnem

Sundays at the bar, where so many similar ones gather

Contando mentiras pra poder suportar ai

Telling lies to be able to endure, oh

São pais de santos, paus de arara, são passistas

They are parents of saints, hitchhiking sticks, they are passistas

São flagelados, são pingentes, balconistas

They are flagellated, they are pendants, shop assistants

Palhaços, marcianos, canibais, lírios pirados

Clowns, Martians, cannibals, crazy lilies

Dançando, dormindo de olhos abertos

Dancing, sleeping with open eyes

À sombra da alegoria

In the shade of the allegory

Dos faraós embalsamados

Of embalmed pharaohs