Tradição - Gilberto Gil , Caetano Veloso traduction en anglais

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 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 procurar porrada
Na base da vã valentia
No tempo que preto não entrava no Bahiano
Nem pela porta da cozinha
Conheci essa garota que era do Barbalho
No 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 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

Tradition

I met a girl who was from Barbalho
A girl who was the talk of the town
She was dating a boy who was very intelligent
A boy who was very different
Intelligent in the way he got on the bus
And different by type
Open-shirted and wearing certain American pants
Arranged by smuggling
And get out of the bank and, unbanking, get off the bus
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
This girl who was the talk of the town
At the time when Lessa was the goalkeeper for Bahia
A goalkeeper, a guarantee
At a time when the gang went looking for a fight
On the basis of vain bravery
At a time when blacks were not allowed into the Bahiano
Not even through the kitchen door
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
On the Liberdade bus
That passed through the Quinze Mistérios stop
Going from the neighborhood to the city
To the city, that is, to Largo do Terreiro
Where everyone went
Every day, every day, every single day
Me, my sister and my aunt
At the time when Antonio Balbino was in government
At a time when I was a boy
A boy that I was and see that I already noticed
In a girl from Barbalho
I noticed so much that I ended up already noticing
The boy she was dating
I noticed that the boy was very intelligent
A very different boy
Intelligent in the way he got on the bus
And different by type
Open-shirted and wearing certain American pants
Arranged by smuggling
And get out of the bank and, unbanking, get off the bus
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing