Emílio Santiago - Pot-Pourri: Retrato em Branco e Preto / O Que Será (a Flor da Terra) - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Emílio Santiago - Pot-Pourri: Retrato em Branco e Preto / O Que Será (a Flor da Terra)




Pot-Pourri: Retrato em Branco e Preto / O Que Será (a Flor da Terra)
Pot-Pourri: Retrato in Black and White / What Will (the Flower of the Earth) Be?
Si la noche silenciosa
If the night is silent
Puedes oir el tiempo
You can hear the time
Avanzar con el tic tac
Advance with the ticking
Sin lograr dormir
Without being able to sleep
Un hada llegara
A fairy will come
Te habra de invitar
She will invite you
A un sueño eterno
To an eternal dream
A nunca jamas ven
To never, never come
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Yo lo detesto este mundo inmoral
I hate this immoral world
La cruel realidad que un adulto hiso
The cruel reality that an adult has made
Quiero ser un niño por mucho mas tiempo
I want to be a child for much longer
Yo puedo cumplir es deceo de este niño
I can fulfill this child's wish
Yo ¿tranquilidad podre tener?
Can I have some peace?
Diverción sin fin lo se
Endless fun I know
Juegos, aventuran en verdad
Games, adventures in truth
Pronto te divertiras
You will soon have fun
Escuela?, no lo pienses
School, don't think about it
Futuro?, no te preocupes
Future, don't worry
Acompañame a ese sueño
Join me in that dream
Donde ya...!! no creces¡¡
Where already...!! you don't grow¡¡
No lo dudes ven a este mundo! Solo hute sin mirar atras ¡
Don't hesitate, come to this world! Just escape without looking back
Egoista sera tu deseo
Your wish will be selfish
Pero ya no temas y podras volar
But no longer be afraid and you will be able to fly
La temible realidad que odiava
The fearsome reality that I hated
De mi mente empiezo a alejar
I start to distance myself from my mind
Este mundo que tanto anhelaba
This world that I longed for so much
Se nombro nunca jamas
It was named Neverland
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Con las sirenas este canto entonar
With the sirens, sing this song
Tambien explorar los campos cn los indios
Also explore the fields with the Indians
Peter pan tu sueño te agrada
Peter Pan, your dream pleases you
Si lo mejor esq soy el anfitrion del paraiso
Yes, the best thing is that I am the host of Paradise
Vaya vaya un problema
Wow, there's a problem
Un pirata viene hacia aca
A pirate is coming this way
Con cuidado peter pronto te acabare ¡ yo ooh yo!!
Be careful, Peter, I'll finish you off soon - me, oh me!!
Oh heroe te pedimos
Oh hero, we ask of you
Termina con el malvado
Finish off the evil one
Es momento de que puedas
It is time for you to be able to
Realizar tu anhelo
Fulfill your wish
No lo dudes ya ve y triunfa
Do not hesitate now, go and triumph
O que fantasia tan feliz
Oh, what a happy fantasy
El castigo para un adulto
The punishment for an adult
Debe ser terrible que lo hagas trisas
Must be terrible for you to smash him to pieces
Esa esena tan emocionante
That scene so exciting
Llega a su fin
Comes to an end
Este heroe tomo su victoria
This hero took his victory
Y lo ha dejado orgullosos
And he has made us proud
Ya liveraste del mal este lugar
You have now freed this place from evil
Tus dias felices tranquilos
Your happy, peaceful days
Avanzaron sin poder cesar
Advanced without being able to stop
Hay algo muy estraño aqui
There is something very strange here
Hay algo que falta en ti
There is something missing in you
Ya entiendo ya todo
I understand everything now
Muy aburrido es
It's very boring
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El niño qur al final cumplio su sueño
The child who finally fulfilled his dream
Como un adulto se volvio
As an adult, he became
Cuando fue que sucedio no se
When it happened I don't know
Pues los juegos ya habia aburrido
Because the games had already become boring
El antiguo cuarto enemigo
The old enemy room
Era hora de su propiedad o
It was time for its ownership or
Genial un cuento de piratas
Great, a pirate story
Que entrara a estribor
That would enter starboard
No lo dudes destruiye todo
Do not hesitate, destroy everything
No podría ser culpable aquí
Couldn't be the culprit here
Malicioso será tu deseo
Your wish will be malicious
Pero ya no importa eres un adulto
But it doesn't matter anymore, you are an adult
El hermoso mundo que amaba
The beautiful world that I loved
De mi mente empiezo a alejar
I am starting to put it away from my mind





Writer(s): Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque


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