Paroles et traduction Milionário e José Rico - Sónho de Um Caminhoneiro

Sónho de Um Caminhoneiro

Eram dois amigos inseparáveis
Lutando pela vida e o pão
Levando um sonho de cidade em cidade
De serem donos de seu caminhão
Com muita luta e sacrifício

Para pagar em dia a prestação
Se realizava o sonho finalmente
O empregado passa a ser patrão

Suas viagens eram intermináveis
De cansaço, de poeira e chão
E um dos amigos, um recém casado
Ia ser pai do primeiro varão
Com alegria vinham pela estrada

Não vendo a hora de chegar
E o caminhoneiro disse ao amigo:
"Vou lhe dar meu filho para batizar"

Mas o destino cruel e traiçoeiro
Marcou a hora e o lugar
A chuva fina e a pista molhada
Com uma carreta foram se chocar
Mas como todos tem a sua sina
Um a morte não levou
E agonizante nos braços do amigo disse
Vá conhecer meu filho porque eu não vou

Naquela curva a beira da estrada
Uma cruz ao lado do pinheiro
Marca pra sempre onde foi ceifada
A vida e o sonho de um caminhoneiro
Com a morte do companheiro
A saudade vai chegar
Aqueles bons e velhos tempos
Nunca mais irão voltar

Mas o destino cruel e traiçoeiro
Marcou a hora e o lugar
A chuva fina e a pista molhada
Com uma carreta foram se chocar
Mas como todos tem a sua sina
Um a morte não levou
E agonizante nos braços do amigo disse
Vá conhecer meu filho porque eu não vou

A Trucker's Dream

They were two inseparable friends, my love,
Fighting for life and daily bread.
Carrying a dream from town to town, darling,
Of owning their own truck, it's what they said.
With much struggle and sacrifice, sweetheart,

To pay the installments on time, you see,
The dream finally came true, my dear,
The employee becomes the boss, finally free.

Their journeys were endless, my love,
Of weariness, dust, and ground.
And one of the friends, a newlywed, darling,
Was going to be a father, his first son was bound.
With joy they came down the road, sweetheart,

Couldn't wait to arrive, you know,
And the trucker said to his friend, my dear,
"I'll let you be my son's godfather, so.

But cruel and treacherous fate, my love,
Marked the time and place, it's true.
The light rain and the wet road, darling,
They collided with a trailer, through and through.
But as everyone has their destiny, sweetheart,
Death didn't take one away.
And dying in his friend's arms, he said, my dear,
"Go meet my son, because I can't today."

On that curve by the side of the road, my love,
A cross beside the pine tree stands tall.
Marks forever where it was claimed, darling,
The life and dream of a trucker, his final call.
With the death of his companion, sweetheart,
Longing will come to stay.
Those good old days, my dear,
Will never come back this way.

But cruel and treacherous fate, my love,
Marked the time and place, it's true.
The light rain and the wet road, darling,
They collided with a trailer, through and through.
But as everyone has their destiny, sweetheart,
Death didn't take one away.
And dying in his friend's arms, he said, my dear,
Go meet my son, because I can't today.