Paroles et traduction Fagner - Nos Tempos de Menino

Nos Tempos de Menino

Era o cominho da roça
E pureza de Maria
A folho verde no moto
A chuva quando caia
"Passarim", rio Regato
E a natureza sorria

Era o beijo que eu cultivava
A vida que eu bem queria
Do jeito que eu sonhava
Realmente acontecia
Queria um fruto eu plantava
Vingava o fruto eu comia

Da morte eu não tinha medo
A morte eu não conhecia
Não tinha nenhum segredo
Andar no mato sem guia
Nunco era tarde nem cedo
Meio-noite ou meio-dia

Fui menino mais que sete
Ou dezessete légua e meia
Menino fui cacetete
Menino fogo nos veias
Bola de gude, pivete
Menino bola de meia

Fui menino meia-noite
Menino fui meio-dia
Menino vento de açoite
Fui o ventre da folia
Menino trovão da noite
Fui chuva, fui invernia

Fui menino pistoleiro
Menino caramanchão
Menino fui sapateiro
Menino caramanchão
Menino fui cangaceiro
Menino fui lampião

Menino também menino, fui
E o tempo deu-me a alma, sua
Deu-me batente de bares
Deu-me a vida nua e crua
Becos e esquinas, meus lares
Moleque ponto de rua

Our Boyhood

It was the country path
And Mary's purity
The green leaf on the motorcycle
The rain when it falls
"Passarim", Regato River
And smiling nature

It was the kiss I cultivated
The life I really wanted
The way I dreamed it
Really happened
I wanted a fruit I planted
The fruit I ate ripened

I wasn't afraid of death
I didn't know death
There was no secret
Walking in the woods without a guide
It was never too late or too early
Midnight or midday

I was a boy more than seven
Or seventeen leagues and a half
I was a kid with a stick
A kid with fire in his veins
Marble shooter, brat
Kid with a sock ball

I was a midnight boy
I was a midday boy
A boy driven by a strong wind
I was the belly of the revelry
A boy thunder in the night
I was rain, I was winter

I was a cowboy kid
A kid in the gazebo
I was a shoemaker kid
A kid in the gazebo
I was a kid from the outback
I was Lampião

I was also a boy
And time gave me your soul
It gave me barroom brawls
It gave me life naked and raw
Alleys and corners, my homes
A kid from the streets