Um Homem Chamado Alfredo Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

O meu vizinho do lado

My neighbor next door

Se matou de solidão

Died of loneliness

Ligou o gás, o coitado

Turned on the gas, poor thing

Último gás do bujão

Last gas from the cylinder

Porque ninguém o queria

Because nobody wanted him

Ninguém lhe dava atenção

Nobody paid attention to him

Porque ninguém mais lhe abria

Because nobody opened

As portas do coração

The doors of their heart

Levou com ele seu louro

He took with him his blonde

E um gato de estimação

And a pet cat


Há tanta gente sozinha

There are so many lonely people

Que a gente mal adivinha

That one can hardly guess

Gente sem vez para amar

People without a chance to love

Gente sem mão para dar

People with no hand to give

Gente que basta um olhar

People for whom a glance is enough

Quase nada

Almost nothing

Gente com os olhos no chão

People with their eyes on the ground

Sempre pedindo perdão

Always asking for forgiveness

Gente que a gente não vê

People whom we don't see

Porque é quase nada

Because they're almost nothing


Eu sempre o cumprimentava

I always greeted him

Porque parecia bom

Because he seemed nice

Um homem por trás dos óculos

A man behind glasses

Como diria Drummond

As Drummond would say

Num velho papel de embrulho

In an old wrapping paper

Deixou um bilhete seu

He left a note of his

Dizendo que se matava

Saying that he was killing himself

De cansado de viver

Tired of living

Embaixo assinado Alfredo

Signed Alfredo

Mas ninguém sabe de quê

But nobody knows why

Added by Lucas Santos
Brasília, Brazil November 17, 2024
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