Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circenses - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circenses




Panis Et Circenses
Bread and Circuses
Eu quis cantar
I wanted to sing
Minha canção iluminada de sol
My song illuminated by the sun
Soltei os panos sobre os mastros no ar
I unfurled the sails on the masts in the air
Soltei os tigres e os leões nos quintais
I released the tigers and the lions into the backyards
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Mandei fazer
I ordered
De puro aço luminoso um punhal
A gleaming steel dagger to be made
Para matar o meu amor e matei
To kill my love, and I killed
Às cinco horas na Avenida Central
At five o'clock on Central Avenue
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Mandei plantar
I ordered
Folhas de sonho no jardim do solar
Dream leaves to be planted in the manor's garden
As folhas sabem procurar pelo sol
The leaves know how to search for the sun
E as raízes procurar, procurar
And the roots search, search
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Are the people of the dining room
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas na sala
Those people in the hall





Writer(s): Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso


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