Tangolomango Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Rico chega na dança

Rich arrives at the dance

de braço dado

Arm in arm

O diabo enche a pança

The devil fills his belly

de braço dado

Arm in arm


O olho grande e a ganância

The big eye and greed

de braço dado

Arm in arm

Ao dólar reverência

To the dollar, all bowing

todo arriba-saiado

All dressed up

Aos juros, esconjuros

To interest, disenchanted

todo calça-arriado

All pants down


Isso é o tangolomango

This is tangolomango


O rico hoje, coitado,

The rich today, poor thing,

É preso, todo cercado

Is imprisoned, all surrounded

Arrodeado de grades

Surrounded by bars

Porteiroguarda e alarme

Doorman, guard, and alarm


Arranje, Senhor, um porto

Arrange, Lord, a port

Que ele não 'steja acuado

That he is not cornered

Com um pouco de conforto

With a bit of comfort

Pra ele estar sossegado

For him to be at ease


Mas a verbá, a verbé,

But the verb, the verb,

A verborrologia dessa politimerdia

The verbosity of this political media

É o tangolomango

Is tangolomango

E a cárdio-filosoporria

And cardio-philosophy

É o tangolomango

Is tangolomango


Bis E é nesse tangolomango

Bis And it's in this tangolomango

Que me voy pal pueblo

That I'm going to the town

Added by Rui Costa
Praia, Cape Verde November 20, 2024
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