Paroles et traduction Chico Buarque - João e Maria - Ao Vivo

João e Maria - Ao Vivo

Mercy, mercy, obrigado

Agora eu era herói
E o meu cavalo só falava inglês
A dona do caubói
Era você além das outras três
Eu enfrentava os batalhões
Os alemães e seus canhões
Guardava o meu bodoque
E ensaiava o rock para as matinês

Agora eu era o rei
Era o bedel e era também juiz
E pela minha lei
A gente era obrigado a ser feliz
E você era a princesa que eu fiz coroar
E era tão linda de se admirar
Que andava nua pelo meu país

Não, não fuja não
Finja que agora eu era o seu brinquedo
Eu era o seu pião
O seu bicho preferido
Vem, me dê a mão
A gente agora já não tinha medo
No tempo da maldade acho que a gente nem
Era nascido

Agora era fatal
Que o faz-de-conta terminasse assim
Pra lá deste quintal
Era uma noite que não tem mais fim
Pois você sumiu no mundo sem me avisar
E agora eu era um louco a perguntar
O que é que a vida vai fazer de mim?

John and Mary - Live

Mercy, mercy, thank you

Now I was a hero
And my horse only spoke English
The owner of the cowboy
It was you beyond the other three
I faced the battalions
The Germans and their cannons
I was keeping my slingshot
And rehearsed rock for the matinees

Now I was the king
I was the beadle and also the judge
And by my law
We were forced to be happy
And you were the princess I had crowned
And it was so beautiful to behold
You were walking naked through my country

No, don't run away
Pretend that now I was your toy
I was your pawn
Your favorite animal
Come, give me your hand
Now we were no longer afraid
In that evil time I don't think we were
Even born

Now it was fatal
That the pretense should end like this
Beyond this backyard
It was a night that has no end
Because you disappeared into the world without warning me
And now I was a madman asking
What will life do with me?