Lyrics and translation Gilberto Gil - Tradição

Tradição

Conheci uma garota que era do barbalho
Uma garota do barulho
Namorava um rapaz que era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E se sair do banco e desbancando despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Conheci essa garota que era do barbalho
Essa garota do barulho
No tempo que Lessa era goleiro do Bahia
Um goleiro, uma garantia
No tempo que a turma ia só jogar bernarda
Na base da vã valentia
No tempo que preto não entrava no baiano
Nem pela porta da cozinha
Conheci essa garota que era do barbalho
Num lotação de liberdade
Que passava pelo ponto dos quinze mistérios
Indo do bairro pra cidade
Pra cidade quer dizer pro Largo do Terreiro
Pra onde todo mundo ia
Todo dia, todo dia, todo santo dia
Eu, minha irmã e minha tia
No tempo quem governava era Antonio Balbino
No tempo que eu era menino
Menino que eu era e veja que eu já reparava
Numa garota do barbalho
Reparava tanto que acabei já reparando
No rapaz que ela namorava
Reparei que o rapaz era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E se sair do banco e, desbancando, despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre
Sempre lindo e sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando

Traditions

I met a girl from Barbalho
A girl from the hustle and bustle
She was dating a boy who was very intelligent
A boy who was very different
Intelligent in the way he would jump on the tram
And different because of his style
Open shirt and some American pants
Gotten through smuggling
And if he got off the bench and jumped off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always handsome and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
This girl from the hustle and bustle
At the time when Lessa was Bahia's goalkeeper
A goalkeeper, a guarantee
At the time when the gang would only play bernarda
Based on their empty courage
At the time when blacks couldn't enter Baiano
Not even through the kitchen door
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
In a packed freedom
Which passed through the point of the fifteen mysteries
Going from the neighborhood to the city
The city meaning Largo do Terreiro
To where everyone went
Every day, every day, every single day
Me, my sister and my aunt
At the time Antonio Balbino was in charge
At the time when I was a boy
I was a boy and see, I already realized
There was a girl from Barbalho
I noticed her so much that I ended up already noticing
The boy she was dating
I noticed that the boy was very intelligent
A boy who was very different
Intelligent in the way he would jump on the tram
And different because of his style
Open shirt and some American pants
Gotten through smuggling
And if he got off the bench and, getting off, jumped off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always handsome and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing
Always handsome and always
Always laughing and always
Always handsome and always
Always laughing and always singing