Zé Mulambo Lyrics Translation in English
Toninho Borbo
Portuguese Lyrics
English Translation
Todo dia fazia a correria
Every day he was in a hurry
Ia na contramão da via
He went against the flow of the road
Se via na contramão
He saw himself going against the flow
Da mão dos outros
Against the hands of others
Só vinha papel de mandado
Only court papers came
Correndo pra todo lado
Running everywhere
Zé molambo todo dia
Every day Zé Molambo
Passou varado
Passed troubled
Comendo calor de ladeira
Eating the heat of the slope
Mormaço pó de poeira
Heat and dust
Fumaça de caminhão
Truck smoke
Sua razão no trabalho se vazia
His reason at work was emptied
Zé molambo todo dia
Every day Zé Molambo
Trabalha na contramão
Works against the flow
Zé molambo
Zé Molambo
Saía logo sedo do alto do pedregal
He left early from the top of Pedregal
Zé molambo é cabôco balaieiro
Zé Molambo is a hinterland vendor
Da grande feira central
From the big central market