O Milagre Da Flecha Lyrics Translation in English

João Mineiro e Marciano
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Era alta madrugada

It was late at dawn

Já cansado da jornada

Already tired from the journey

Eu voltava pro meu lar

I was heading back to my home


Quando apareceu no escuro

When in the dark appeared

Me encostando contra o muro

Pressing me against the wall

Um ladrão, pra me assaltar

A thief, to rob me


Com o revólver no pescoço

With the gun at my neck

Eu expliquei pro moço

I explained to the lad

Tenho filho pra criar

I have a child to raise


Sou arrimo de família

I'm the breadwinner of the family

Leva tudo, me humilha

Take everything, humiliate me

Mas não queira me matar

But don't want to kill me


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary


Mas o homem sem piedade

But the man without mercy

Um escravo da maldade

A slave to wickedness

Começou me maltratar

Started mistreating me


Pra ver se eu tinha medo

To see if I was afraid

Antes de puxar o dedo

Before pulling the trigger

Ele me mandou rezar

He told me to pray


Eu nunca tinha rezado

I had never prayed

Eu que era só pecado

I who was only sin

Implorei por salvação

I begged for salvation


Elevei meu pensamento

I raised my thoughts

Descobri nesse momento

I discovered at that moment

O que é ter religião

What it means to have religion


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary


Um clarão apareceu

A brightness appeared

Minha vista escureceu

My sight darkened

E o bandido desmaiou

And the bandit fainted


E morreu, não teve jeito

And died, there was no way

Com uma flechada no peito

With an arrow in the chest

Sem saber quem atirou

Without knowing who shot


Nesta hora a gente grita

At this moment one shouts

Berra e chora e acredita

Screams and cries and believes

Que o milagre aconteceu

That the miracle happened


De joelho na calçada

On my knees on the sidewalk

Peguntei com voz cansada

I asked with a tired voice

Quem será que me atendeu?

Who could it be who helped me?


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary


Já estava amanhecendo

It was already dawn

A alegria me aquecendo

Joy warming me

Quando entrei na Catedral

When I entered the Cathedral


Cada santo que eu via

Every saint I saw

Eu de novo agradecia

I thanked again

E jurava ser leal

And swore to be loyal


Veja o santo de passagem

See the saint in passing

Não me toque nas imagens

Don't touch the images

Me avisou o sacristão

The sacristan warned me


Pois lá ninguém explicava

Because there, no one explained

Uma flecha que faltava

An arrow that was missing

Na imagem de São Sebastião

In the image of Saint Sebastian


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary


Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Aleluia, Ave Maria

Hallelujah, Hail Mary

Added by Tiago Rodrigues
Lisbon, Portugal July 25, 2024
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