Lyrics and translation Chico Buarque - Velho Francisco

Velho Francisco

Já gozei de boa vida
Tinha até meu bangalô
Cobertor, comida
Roupa lavada
Vida veio e me levou
Fui eu mesmo alforriado
Pela mão do Imperador
Tive terra, arado
Cavalo e brida
Vida veio e me levou
Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor
Quem me vê, vê nem bagaço
Do que viu quem me enfrentou
Campeão do mundo
Em queda de braço
Vida veio e me levou
Li jornal, bula e prefácio
Que aprendi sem professor
Freqüentei palácio
Sem fazer feio
Vida veio e me levou
Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor
Eu gerei dezoito filhas
Me tornei navegador
Vice-rei das ilhas
Da Caraíba
Vida veio e me levou
Fechei negócio da China
Desbravei o interior
Possuí mina
De prata, jazida
Vida veio e me levou
Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Hoje não deram almoço, né
Acho que o moço até
Nem me lavou
Acho que fui deputado
Acho que tudo acabou
Quase que
Já não me lembro de nada
Vida veio e me vida
Vida veio e me vida
Vida veio e me levou

Old Francisco

I used to live a good life
I even had my own bungalow
Blanket, food
Clean clothes
Life came and took me away
I was set free
By the hand of the Emperor
I had land, a plow
A horse and a bridle
Life came and took me away
Today is visiting day
My great love is coming
She comes all dressed up
She comes every Sunday
She smells like flowers
Anyone who sees me now
Can't imagine what I was like when
I was a world champion
In arm wrestling
Life came and took me away
I've read newspapers, medical notes, and prefaces
Things I learned without a teacher
I've been to palaces
And not made a fool of myself
Life came and took me away
Today is visiting day
My great love is coming
She comes all dressed up
She comes every Sunday
She smells like flowers
I fathered eighteen daughters
I became a navigator
Viceroy of the islands
Of the Caribbean
Life came and took me away
I closed a deal with China
I explored the interior
I had a mine
Of silver, a treasure trove
Life came and took me away
Today is visiting day
My great love is coming
They didn't give us lunch today, did they?
I don't think the boy even
Washed me
I think I was a deputy
I think everything is over
Almost
I can't remember anything anymore
Life came and took me away
Life came and took me away
Life came and took me away