Paroles et traduction João Gil - Loucos de Lisboa

Loucos de Lisboa

Parava no café quando eu lá estava
Na voz tinha o talento dos pedintes
Entre um cigarro e outro lá cravava a bica
Ao melhor dos seus ouvintes

As mãos e o olhar da mesma cor
Cinzenta, como a roupa que trazia
Num gesto que podia ser de amor, sorria
E ao partir agradecia

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

Um dia numa sala do Quarteto
Passou um filme lá do hospital
Onde esquecido filmado no gueto entrava
Como artista principal

Comprámos a entrada para a sessão
Para ver tal personagem no ecrã
O rosto maltratado era a razão dele
Não aparecer pela manhã

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

(Instrumental)

Mudámos muita vez de calendário
Como o café mudou de freguesia
Deixámos de tributo a quem lá pára um louco
A fazer-lhe companhia

É sempre a mesma pose, o mesmo olhar
Que enumeram os dias que vagueiam
Sentado lá continua a cravar beijinhos
Às meninas que passeiam

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

São os loucos de Lisboa
Que nos fazem duvidar
Que a Terra gira ao contrário
E os rios nascem no mar

Crazy People of Lisbon

I was standing in the café when I saw you there
Your voice had the talent of beggars
Between one cigarette and another, you were digging into the coffee
To the best of your listeners

Your hands and your gaze were the same color
Gray, like the clothes you wore
In a gesture that could have been love, you smiled
And you thanked me as you left

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea

One day in a room at the Quartet
They showed a film from the hospital
Where, forgotten, filmed in the ghetto, you entered
As the main artist

We bought tickets for the session
To see such a character on the screen
Your battered face was the reason
You wouldn't appear in the morning

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea

(Instrumental)

We changed calendars many times
As the café changed its clientele
We stopped paying tribute to anyone who stopped there, a crazy person
To keep them company

It's always the same pose, the same look
They count the days they wander
Sitting there, he continues to plant kisses
On the girls who walk by

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea

They are the crazy people of Lisbon
They make us doubt
That the Earth spins backward
And the rivers are born in the sea