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Joao telegrafista

Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
João, telegrafista e ninguém mais
Em sua estação, nenhuma pessoa
Mas tinha urgente o coração
Mesmo sem nenhuma promoção
Batendo, batendo numa tecla só
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
Elíptico dos bons telegrafistas
Cortando flores, preposições
Para encurtar palavras, para ser mais breve
Nessa necessidade, nessa necessidade
Conhece Alba, uma alba pouco alva
À luz avermelhada até mulata
Que um dia de manhã fugiu de casa
Para andar pela cidade
E tanta luminosidade se alimentar
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri
História viva e urgente!
Ah, inútil alfabeto morse à mão
João telegrafista, buscando
Buscando Alba em cada um de seus telégrafos
Ah, quando a inveja é como essa
Amorosa urgência, João telegrafista
E ninguém mais, urgente!
Por suas mãos passou o mundo
Um mundo que é urgente, criptográfico
Rápido, cifrado, passou o preço do café
Passou o matrimônio de Eduardo Oitavo
De Duquesa de Windsor
Passaram cavaleiros na China
Passou a sensação de uma bomba
Passaram muitas coisas e entre elas passou
A notícia do casamento de Alba com outro
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri, piri, piri, piri
João, telegrafista, com seu coração urgente
Não diz palavras, só alguns pontos negros
Sem a mínima intenção simbólica
Pararam sob o seu telégrafo
Alba é urgente
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi
Piri, piri, piri, piri pipi piri...

John the Telegrapher

Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
John, the telegrapher, and no one else
In his station, not a single soul
But his heart was urgent
Even without any promotion
Beating, beating on a single key
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
Ellipsis of good telegraphers
Cutting flowers, prepositions
To shorten words, to be more brief
In this need, in this necessity
He meets Alba, a not-so-pale Alba
In the reddish light, almost a mulatta
Who one morning ran away from home
To walk around the city
And feed on so much light
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep
A living and urgent story!
Ah, useless Morse code at hand
John the telegrapher, searching
Searching for Alba in each of his telegraphs
Ah, when envy is like this
Loving urgency, John the telegrapher
And no one else, urgent!
The world passed through his hands
A world that is urgent, cryptographic
Fast, encrypted, the price of coffee passed
Edward the Eighth's marriage passed
To the Duchess of Windsor
Horsemen passed in China
The feeling of a bomb passed
Many things passed and among them passed
The news of Alba's marriage to another
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
John, the telegrapher, with his urgent heart
Doesn't say words, just some black dots
Without the slightest symbolic intention
Stopped under his telegraph
Alba is urgent
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep beep...