Paroles et traduction Danilo Caymmi - Tororó

Tororó

Antes da mulher
Era o homem só
Era sem querer
Era sem amor
Era sem penar
Era sem suor
Era sem mulher
Era bem melhor

Deus fez a fêmea e depois
Que ela encorpou, nunca mais
Que um mais um foram dois
E caíram de quatro os animais
E tome praga no arroz
Rebelião nos currais
Ficou o homem feroz
E estranhou seus iguais

Antes da mulher
Era um dissabor
Era um desprazer
Que fazia dó
Homem sem mulher
Era quase um pó
Que ficava em pé
Era um saco só

Dentro da fêmea, Deus pôs
Lagos e grutas, canais
Carnes, e curvas, e cós
Seduções e pecados infernais
Em nome dela, depois
Criou perfumes, cristais
Um campo de girassóis
E as noites de paz

Eu fui no Tororó
Beber água, não achei
Achei bela morena
Que no Tororó deixei
Pra que, morena
Pra que carinho
Ah, pra que desejo
Pra acabar sozinho

Tororó

Before the woman
It was the man alone
It was without wanting
It was without love
It was without sorrow
It was without sweat
It was without a woman
It was much better

God made the female and after
That she was fully grown, never again
That one plus one made two
And the animals fell on all fours
And take the plague in the rice
Rebellion in the corrals
The man became fierce
And he became estranged from his equals

Before the woman
It was a disappointment
It was a displeasure
That made one feel sorry
A man without a woman
Was almost a nobody
That stood upright
He was just a bag of bones

Inside the female, God put
Lakes and caves, canals
Flesh, and curves, and waist
Seductions and infernal sins
In her name, then
He created perfumes, crystals
A field of sunflowers
And the nights of peace

I went to Tororó
To drink water, I didn't find any
I found a beautiful brunette
That in Tororó I left
Why, brunette
Why be so affectionate
Ah, why the desire
To end up alone