Lyrics and translation Itamar Assumpcao - Meus Tempos de Criança

Meus Tempos de Criança

Em 1957, Ataufo Alves fez essa composição
E em 1968, ele me dizia ser a sua melhor composição

Eu daria tudo que tivesse
Pra voltar ao tempo de criança

Eu daria tudo que tivesse
Pra voltar aos dias de criança
Eu não sei pra quê que a gente cresce
Se não sai da gente essa lembrança

Aos domingos missa na matriz
Da cidadezinha onde eu nasci
Ai, meu Deus, eu era tão feliz
No meu pequenino Miraí

Que saudade da professorinha
Que me ensinou o beabá
Onde andará Mariazinha
Meu primeiro amor onde andará?

Eu igual a toda meninada
Quanta travessura que eu fazia
Jogo de botões sobre a calçada
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz

Eu daria tudo que tivesse
Pra voltar aos dias de criança
Eu não sei pra quê que a gente cresce
Se não sai da gente essa lembrança

Aos domingos missa na matriz
Da cidadezinha onde nasci
Ai, meu Deus, eu era tão feliz
No meu pequenino Miraí

Que saudade da professorinha
Que me ensinou o beabá
Onde andará Mariazinha
Meu primeiro amor onde andará?

Eu igual a toda meninada
Quanta travessura que eu fazia
Jogo de botões sobre a calçada
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz e não sabia

Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz e não sabia
Eu era feliz
E não sabia

A Childhood Memory

In 1957, Ataufo Alves wrote this song
And in 1968, he told me it was his best composition

I'd give you everything I own
To go back to being a child

I'd give you everything I own
To return to the days of my childhood
I don't know why we grow up
If we can't escape these memories

Sundays at the cathedral
In the small town where I was born
Oh my, I was so happy
In my little Miraí

How I miss my little teacher
Who taught me the ABCs
I wonder where Mariazinha is
My first love, where are you now?

Like all the other kids
I played so many naughty games
Button games on the sidewalk
I was happy and I didn't even know it
I was happy and I didn't even know it
I was happy

I'd give you everything I own
To return to the days of my childhood
I don't know why we grow up
If we can't escape these memories

Sundays at the cathedral
In the small town where I was born
Oh my, I was so happy
In my little Miraí

How I miss my little teacher
Who taught me the ABCs
I wonder where Mariazinha is
My first love, where are you now?

Like all the other kids
I played so many naughty games
Button games on the sidewalk
I was happy and I didn't know it
I was happy and I didn't know it
I was happy and I didn't know it

I was happy and I didn't know it
I was happy and I didn't know it
I was happy and I didn't know it
I was happy
And I didn't know it