Galeria Metrópole Ii - Ivan Lins traduction en anglais

Galeria Metrópole Ii

A galeria foi
A caverna externa
Que expôs a baderna
A Semana Moderna
E o que tem que luzir
Proibiu proibir
O barato total
O luar do sertão
E o sol tropical

Inventou outros olhos
Caras bocas e nomes
Despertou outra fome
Nas mulheres e homens
Foi erógenas antes
Foi andrógena antes
Como sempre mutante
Outra vez bandeirante

Inventou outras cores
Desbundou os pintores
Criou outros sons
E novos cantores
Foi abrindo o volume
Virando costume
Poesia mais séria
E piléria

E o Brasil descobriu
A pauleira paulista
A zueira paulista
A salada paulista

O Brasil era lá
A Bahia era lá
O Bexiga era lá
Todo Baixo era lá

Galeria Metrópole Ii

The gallery was
The external cave
That exposed the chaos
The Modern Week
And what must shine
Prohibited to prohibit
The total bargain
The moonlight of the sertão
And the tropical sun

It invented other eyes
Faces mouths and names
It awakened another hunger
In the women and men
It was erotic before
It was androgynous before
Like an ever-changing mutant
A flag-bearer yet again

It invented other colors
It unbridled the painters
It created other sounds
And new singers
It was turning up the volume
Becoming a custom
Poetry more serious
And rascality

And Brazil discovered
The São Paulo rabble
The São Paulo mockery
The São Paulo hodgepodge

Brazil was there
Bahia was there
Bexiga was there
The entire Downtown was there