Paroles et traduction Luiz Carlos Borges - Baile de Fronteira

Baile de Fronteira

É num baile de fronteira que a gente pode aprender
Esse balanço safado de se dançar chamamé
Tem que ter manha no corpo, pra sapatear tem que ter
Tranco de sapo baleado e jeitão de jaguaretê

Tudo começou em Corrientes num baile, veja você
Também se orelhava um truco que é um modo de se entreter
Um ás que sobrou na mesa bastou pra coisa ferver
A cachaça brasileira alguma culpa há de ter

E foi tiro e cimbronaço, pago pra ver
Deixa que venha no braço pra se entender
Se um facão marca o compasso, deixa correr
Enquanto sobrar um pedaço, vamo′ meter

E foi tiro e cimbronaço, pago pra ver
Deixa que venha no braço pra se entender
Se um facão marca o compasso, deixa correr
Enquanto sobrar um pedaço, vamo' meter

En un baile de frontera, Borges, supo aprender
Del balazo galopeado, el danzar del chamamé
Sentirse sapo baleado y un poco yaguareté

Empezó allá en Corrientes, en un truco, fíjese
Cinco ases en la mesa
Muy bien esos, lléguense
Y al terminar los balazos
Recomenzó el chamamé

Mi amigo Tarragó Ros não deixou o baile morrer
Parou um valseado de seco e sapecou um chamamé
Ficou só um casal dançando, gritando: Oigalê-te
Que por quatro ou cinco tiros não vamos se aborrecer

Dançar na ponta da adaga não é tomar tererê
Tem que cordear pros dois lados fazendo o boi se esconder
Aí surgiu esse tranco que foi até amanhecer
Quanto mais corria a bala, melhor ficava pra ver

E foi tiro e cimbronaço, pago pra ver
Deixa que venha no braço pra se entender
Se um facão marca o compasso, deixa correr
Enquanto sobrar um pedaço, vamo′ meter

E foi tiro e cimbronaço, pago pra ver
Deixa que venha no braço pra se entender
Se um facão marca o compasso, deixa correr
Enquanto sobrar um pedaço, vamo' meter

Border Line Dance

It's at a border line dance that we can learn
This saucy rhythm of dancing chamamé
You've got to have a knack for it, to tap your feet you've got to have
A hop of a shot frog and a way with a jaguar

It all started in Corrientes at a dance, you see
They were also playing truco, a way to have some fun
An ace left on the table was enough to make things boil over
The Brazilian cachaça must have had something to do with it

And there was gunfire and a clash, pay to see
Let them come with their arms to make themselves understood
If a machete sets the beat, let it roll
As long as there's a piece left, we'll keep going

And there was gunfire and a clash, pay to see
Let them come with their arms to make themselves understood
If a machete sets the beat, let it roll
As long as there's a piece left, we'll keep going

En un baile de frontera, my dear, one can learn
Of the galloping beat, the dancing chamamé
To feel like a shot frog and a bit of a jaguar

It started there in Corrientes, in a truco game, you see
Five aces on the table
Very good, gentlemen, come closer
And when the gunfire ended
The chamamé started up again

My friend Tarragó Ros didn't let the dance die
He stopped a waltz short and played a chamamé
There was only one couple left dancing, shouting: Oigalê-te
That four or five gunshots won't spoil our fun

Dancing on the point of a dagger is not like drinking tererê
You have to string it out on both sides, making the bull hide
That's where this beat came from, it went on until dawn
The more the bullets flew, the better it was to watch

And there was gunfire and a clash, pay to see
Let them come with their arms to make themselves understood
If a machete sets the beat, let it roll
As long as there's a piece left, we'll keep going

And there was gunfire and a clash, pay to see
Let them come with their arms to make themselves understood
If a machete sets the beat, let it roll
As long as there's a piece left, we'll keep going