O BÊBADO E A EQUILIBRISTA by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc as sung by Elis Regina, new version by Joel Sattler
New title: "The Drunkard and the Tightrope Walker"
[please note: this is not an EXACT translation, but a new version]
At high noon
A drunk in black like Charlie Chaplin
Reminded me of what could happen
If things got too crazy...
The moon looked
Like madam of a bawdy house
As every customer came out took
A shine or went without
And rain clouds
Back in the black hole of the night
Sucked all the air out of the daylight
Suffocating!
Loco!
The drunkard in the bowler hat laughed
He laughed and then he tipped his hat in
That night in old Brazil
My Brazil...
We waited
For the lost brother of Henfil
So many people out there still
We'll never be forgetting
Crying!
Our homeland is our Mother still
Weeping Marias and Clarissas
Down in the dirt, Brazil...
But know,
The heartbreak can't go on forever
We must believe things will get better
Keep on hoping
Dancer!
Out on high wire with umbrella
And with each step sing a capella
Be brave but don't fall off
Hang on!
Oh optimistic tightrope walker
Remember that whatever happens
The show must still go on...
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Original lyrics in Portuguese:
Caía a tarde feito um viaduto
E um bêbado trajando luto
Me lembrou Carlitos...
A lua
Tal qual a dona do bordel
Pedia a cada estrela fria
Um brilho de aluguel
E nuvens!
Lá no mata-borrão do céu
Chupavam manchas torturadas
Que sufoco!
Louco!
O bêbado com chapéu-coco
Fazia irreverências mil
Prá noite do Brasil.
Meu Brasil!...
Que sonha com a volta
Do irmão do Henfil.
Com tanta gente que partiu
Num rabo de foguete
Chora!
A nossa Pátria
Mãe gentil
Choram Marias
E Clarisses
No solo do Brasil...
Mas sei, que uma dor
Assim pungente
Não há de ser inutilmente
A esperança...
Dança na corda bamba
De sombrinha
E em cada passo
Dessa linha
Pode se machucar...
Azar!
A esperança equilibrista
Sabe que o show
De todo artista
Tem que continuar...
My version is based on a recording by Elis Regina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1u6EFy8i0
Here's a live version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kVBqefGcf4
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