Paroles et traduction Olodum - Nos Bailes da Vida

Nos Bailes da Vida

Foi nos bailes da vida ou num bar
Em troca de pão
Que muita gente boa pôs o pé na profissão
De tocar um instrumento e de cantar
Não importando se quem pagou quis ouvir
Foi assim

Cantar era buscar o caminho
Que vai dar no sol
Tenho comigo as lembranças do que eu era
Para cantar nada era longe tudo tão bom
Até a estrada de terra na boléia de caminhão
Era assim

Com a roupa encharcada e a alma
Repleta de chão
Todo artista tem de ir aonde o povo está
Se for assim, assim será
Cantando me disfarço e não me canso
De viver nem de cantar

At Life's Balls

It was at life's balls or in a bar
In exchange for bread,
That many good people set foot in the profession
Of playing an instrument and singing
Not caring if whoever paid wanted to hear
That's how it was

Singing was to find the path
That leads to the sun
I keep the memories of what I was
To sing nothing was far away everything so good
Even the dirt road in the back of a truck
That's how it was

With wet clothes and soul
Full of dirt
Every artist has to go where the people are
If that's how it is, so it will be
Singing I disguise myself and I don't tire
Of living nor of singing