Paroles et traduction Fagner - No Tempo dos Quintais

No Tempo dos Quintais

Era uma vez um tempo de pardais, de verde nos quintais
Faz muito tempo atrás, quando ainda havia fadas
No bonde havia um anjo pra guiar, outro pra dar lugar
Pra quem chegar sentar, de duvidar, de admirar

Havia frutos num pomar qualquer, de se tirar do pé
No tempo em que os casais, podiam mais se namorar
Nos lampiões de gás, sem os ladrões atrás
Tempo em que o medo se chamou jamais

Veio um marquês de uma terra já perdida
E era uma vez se fez dono da vida
Mandou buscar cem dúzias de avenidas
Pra expulsar de vez as margaridas
Por não ter filhos, talvez por nem gostar
Ou talvez por mania de mandar

Só sei que enquanto houver os corações
Nem mesmo mil ladrões podem roubar canções
E deixa estar que há de voltar
O tempo dos pardais, do verde nos quintais
Tempo em que o medo se chamou jamais

In the Time of Backyards

Once upon a time there was a time of sparrows, of green in the backyards
It was a long time ago, when there were still fairies
There was an angel on the trolley to guide, another to give up their seat
For those who arrive to sit, to doubt, to admire

There was fruit in an orchard, to be picked from the tree
In a time when couples could date more
At the gas lamps, without thieves behind
A time when fear was called never

A marquis came from a land already lost
And once upon a time he became the master of life
He sent for a hundred dozen avenues
To expel the daisies once and for all
For having no children, perhaps not even liking them
Or perhaps out of a mania for ordering

All I know is that as long as there are hearts
Not even a thousand thieves can steal songs
And let it be that it will return
The time of the sparrows, of the green in the backyards
A time when fear was called never