(...cantando a gente manda a tristeza embora...)*
You were beautiful
As you always are
At least under the stars
Of the vapor lamps
(... a tristeza é senhora, desde que o samba é samba...)
Hands in the hair
“ ... I married to myself...”
A sentence of yours like a breeze in my ears
Due to the draft that comes from the door and
Blows it in my ear
(... a solidão apavora...)
The dark vest
The white T-shirt
Beautiful always
Magnificent tonight
(Do whatever you want with me... she whispered the other night...)
(...a lágrima clara sobre a pele escura...)
* The verses between parenthesis are from the lyrics of the song "Desde que o samba é samba", by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.
