Paroles et traduction Ivan Lins - Esses Garotos

Esses Garotos

No jardim, entre chorões e samambaias
Ela regava todas as flores
E gargalhava quando o vento em sua saia
Quase mostrava os seus pudores

E lá na rua, os garotos com olheiras
Ah! Eram todos vizinhos dela
E dia e noite eram como trepadeiras
Pra alcançar sua janela

Em casa, recebia convidados
Pessoas importantes, de carreira
Granfinos, trapaceiros e soldados
E que se deram bem a vida inteira

Na cama, entre abraços e agrados
Corria os mares em um veleiro
Solta nos braços do seu homem tatuado
Prá quem mostrava o corpo inteiro

Depois vestia e mexia em seus guardados
Botões de farda, água de cheiro
Cordões de ouro, um rosário, um par de dados

E o retrato de um marinheiro

Na rua, os garotos reunidos
Brigavam pelos galhos da jaqueira
Calados, espremidos e traídos
E cresceram assim a vida inteira

These Boys

In the garden, among weeping willows and ferns
She watered all the flowers
And laughed as the wind billowed her skirt
Almost revealing her modesty

And down the street, the boys with their dark circles
Ah! They were all her neighbors
And day and night they were like ivy
Trying to reach her window

At home, she received guests
Important people, with careers
Aristocrats, swindlers, and soldiers
Who had done well for themselves their whole lives

In bed, between hugs and compliments
She sailed the seas on a sailboat
Lost in the arms of her tattooed lover
To whom she showed her body in its entirety

Then she would dress and rummage through her belongings
Military buttons, perfume
Gold chains, a rosary, a pair of dice

And the portrait of a sailor

Down the street, the boys gathered
Fought over the branches of the jackfruit tree
Silent, resentful, and betrayed
And they grew up like that their whole lives