Febril - Gilberto Gil Übersetzung ins Englische

Febril

Veio gente me pedir uma esmola
Veio gente reclamar uma escola
Veio gente me aplaudir
Veio gente vaiar
Veio gente dormir nas cadeiras
Veio gente admirar meu talento
Veio gente adivinhar meu tormento
Veio gente me xingar
Veio gente me amar
Veio gente disposta a se matar por mim

E eu cantava aquela música, aquela música
Alucinação
Como se eu fosse um punhado de gente
E aquela gente ali, não
Como se o salão repleto fosse um deserto
E eu fosse mil
Mil troncos de árvores velhas
Árvores velhas de pau-brasil

Tanta gente, e estava tudo vazio
Tanta gente, e o meu cantar tão sozinho
Todo mundo, mundo meu
Meu inferno, meu céu
Meu vizinho

Feverish

People came to ask me for alms, darling
People came to demand a school, my love
People came to applaud me, sweetheart
People came to boo me, dear
People came to sleep in the chairs, my sweet
People came to admire my talent, honey
People came to guess my torment, precious
People came to curse me, love
People came to love me, darling
People came willing to die for me, my dear

And I was singing that song, that song, my love
Hallucination
As if I were a handful of people, sweetheart
And those people there, no
As if the packed hall were a desert, my dear
And I were a thousand
A thousand trunks of old trees, darling
Old Brazilwood trees, my love

So many people, and everything was empty, sweetheart
So many people, and my singing so lonely, dear
Everyone, my world
My hell, my heaven
My neighbor