Água No Leite Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Um leiteiro ganancioso enganava a freguesia

A greedy milkman deceived the customers

Misturava água no leite e para o povo vendia

He mixed water in the milk and sold it to the people

Enriquecendo depressa dizia fazendo graça:

Getting rich quickly, he would say jokingly:

“não há nada neste mundo que o homem queira e não faça

"There is nothing in this world that a man desires and does not do"

Enquanto eu puxar no balde

As long as I draw from the bucket

Água do poço à vontade

Water from the well freely

Não falta leite na praça”.

There is no shortage of milk in the square


O dinheiro do seu roubo era num saco guardado

The money from his theft was kept in a bag

E muito bem escondido para não ser encontrado

Very well hidden to avoid being found

Mas ele tinha um macaco que observava a trapaça

But he had a monkey that observed the trickery

Parece que ele dizia espiando da vidraça:

It seems like he said, peering through the window:

“eu estou envergonhado,

"I am ashamed

Por saber que no passado,

Because I know that in the past

Nós fomos da mesma raça”

We were of the same race"

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Mas um dia o macaco escondido lhe seguiu

But one day the monkey secretly followed him

Pegou o saco de dinheiro e jogou dentro do rio

He grabbed the bag of money and threw it into the river

Voltou de novo pro mato e foi pensando consigo:

He went back to the woods and thought to himself:

“tenho vergonha do homem por se parecer comigo

"I am ashamed of man for resembling me

O homem é bicho tratante

Man is a deceptive creature

E vê no seu semelhante,

And sees in his fellow man

O seu maior inimigo”

His greatest enemy"


O leiteiro desesperado dentro do rio se atirou

The desperate milkman threw himself into the river

Mas do maldito dinheiro nenhum centavo tirou

But from the cursed money, he didn't take a cent

Sentou na beira do rio e chorando assim falou:

He sat on the riverbank and spoke while crying:

“quis ficar rico depressa e mais pobre hoje estou

"I wanted to get rich quickly and now I am poorer"

Que destino foi o meu,

What a fate was mine

Tudo que a água me deu

Everything that the water gave me

A mesma água levou”.

The same water took away

Added by Fernanda Souza
Porto Alegre, Brazil February 8, 2025
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