Paroles et traduction Teresa Cristina - Quando o Samba Acabou

Quando o Samba Acabou

Lá no morro da Mangueira
Bem em frente a ribanceira
Uma cruz a gente vê
Quem fincou foi a Rosinha
Que é cabrocha de alta linha
E nos olhos tem seu "não sei quê"

Numa linda madrugada
Ao voltar da batucada
Pra dois malandros olhou a sorrir
Ela foi-se embora e os dois ficaram
Dias depois se encontraram
Pra conversar e discutir

Lá no morro
Uma luz somente havia
Era a Lua que tudo assistia
Mas quando acabava o samba
Se escondia

Na segunda batucada
Defendendo a namorada
Foram os dois improvisar
E como em toda façanha
Sempre um perde e outro ganha
Um dos dois parou de versejar

E perdendo a doce amada
Foi fumar na encruzilhada
Ficando horas em meditação
Quando o Sol raiou foi encontrado
Na ribanceira estirado
Com um punhal no coração

Lá no morro uma luz somente havia
Era o Sol quando o samba acabou
De noite não houve Lua
Ninguém cantou

When the Samba Ended

Up on the Mangueira hill
Right before the cliff
You can see a cross
Rosinha planted it
She's a high-class cabrocha
And she has that "I don't know what" in her eyes

On a beautiful morning
As she was returning from the batucada
She looked at two hoodlums and smiled
She walked away and the two stayed behind
A few days later, they met up
To chat and argue

Up on the hill
There was only one light
It was the moon, watching everything
But when the samba ended
It would hide

At the second batucada
Defending his girlfriend
The two men improvised
And as with every feat
One always loses and the other always wins
One of the two stopped reciting

And losing his beloved
He went to smoke at the crossroads
And spent hours in meditation
When the sun rose, he was found
Lying on the cliff
With a dagger in his heart

Up on the hill, there was only one light
It was the sun when the samba ended
There was no moon that night
No one sang