Cantiga do Sapo - Alceu Valença traduction en anglais

Cantiga do Sapo

E é assim que o sapo canta na lagoa
Sua toada improvisada em dez pés

É assim que o sapo canta na lagoa
Sua toada improvisada em dez pés

Tião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

Tião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

É tão gostoso morar lá na roça
Numa palhoça perto da beira do rio
É tão gostoso morar lá na roça
Numa palhoça perto da beira do rio

Quando a chuva cai o sapo fica contente
Que até alegra a gente com seu desafio
E quando a chuva cai o sapo fica contente
Que até alegra a gente com seu desafio

Tião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

Bastião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

E é assim que o sapo canta na lagoa
Sua toada improvisada em dez pés
É assim que o sapo canta na lagoa
Sua toada improvisada em dez pés

Tião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

Bastião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

É tão gostoso morar lá na roça
Numa palhoça perto da beira do rio
É tão gostoso morar lá na roça
Numa palhoça perto da beira do rio

E quando a chuva cai o sapo fica contente
Que até alegra a gente com seu desafio
E quando a chuva cai o sapo fica contente
Que até alegra a gente com seu desafio

Tião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

Bastião (oi)
Foste? (Fui)
Compraste? (Comprei)
Pagaste? (Paguei)
Me diz quanto foi! (Foi quinhentos réis)

Toad's Song

And this is how a toad sings in the lake
His improvised tune in decasyllabic meter

And this is how a toad sings in the lake
His improvised tune in decasyllabic meter

Tião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

Tião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

It's so nice to live there in the countryside
In a hut near the riverbank
It's so nice to live there in the countryside
In a hut near the riverbank

When the rain falls the toad is happy
That it even cheers us up with its challenge
And when the rain falls the toad is happy
That it even cheers us up with its challenge

Tião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

Bastião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

And this is how a toad sings in the lake
His improvised tune in decasyllabic meter
And this is how a toad sings in the lake
His improvised tune in decasyllabic meter

Tião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

Bastião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

It's so nice to live there in the countryside
In a hut near the riverbank
It's so nice to live there in the countryside
In a hut near the riverbank

And when the rain falls the toad is happy
That it even cheers us up with its challenge
And when the rain falls the toad is happy
That it even cheers us up with its challenge

Tião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)

Bastião (hey)
Did you go? (Yes I did)
Did you buy? (Yes I did)
Did you pay? (Yes I did)
Tell me how much it was! (It was five hundred réis)