Paroles et traduction Moreira da Silva - Burocracia

Burocracia

Eu quis trocar a fechadura do barraco
O meu trinco estava fraco, dando sopa pra ladrão
Mas me disseram pra trocar a fechadura
É preciso a Prefeitura dar licença ao cidadão

Em vista disso redigi meu petitório
E juntei o papelório que exigiam no guichê
Folha corrida, certidão de casamento
De batismo e nascimento, reservista, IAPC

Desde esse dia meu processo sobe e desce
Ora some, ora aparece
Ninguém sabe, ninguém vê
Já levou multa
Já desceu inteligência
Já perdi a paciência
Mas não chega no GP

Gastei dez solas de andar, isso é merreca
Mas despacho mesmo, neca
Ninguém ata, nem desata
E o resultado é que o trinco estava fraco
Deu ladrão no meu barraco
Carregou minha mulata

Bureaucracy

I wanted to change the lock on the shack
My latch was weak, giving soup to the thief
But I was told to change the lock
The City Council needs to give the citizen a license

In view of this I wrote my petition
And I gathered the paperwork they demanded at the counter
Police record, marriage certificate
Baptism and birth, reservist, IAPC

Since that day my process goes up and down
Now it disappears, now it appears
Nobody knows, nobody sees
It already took a fine
Intelligence has already come down
I've already lost my patience
But it doesn't reach the GP

I've spent ten soles walking, that's nothing
But not a single order
Nobody ties, nobody unties
And the result is that the latch was weak
There was a thief in my shack
He carried my mulatto