Paroles et traduction Tom Zé - Brazil, Capital Buenos Aires

Brazil, Capital Buenos Aires

No dia em que a bossa nova inventou Brazil
Teve que fazer direito, senhores pares
Porque a nossa capital era Buenos Aires
A nossa capital era Buenos Aires
(Bis)

E na cultura-Hollywood o cinema dizia
Que em Buenos Aires havia uma praia
Chamada Rio de Janeiro
Que como era gelada só podia ter
Carnaval no mês de favereiro

Naquele Rio de Janeiro o tango nasceu
E Mangueira o imortalizou na avenida
Originária das tangas
Com que as índias fingiam
Cobrira graça sagrada da vida

No dia em que a bossa nova inventou Brazil
Teve que fazer direito, senhores pares
Porque a nossa capital era Buenos Aires
A nossa capital era Buenos Aires
(Bis)

E na cultura-Hollywood o cinema dizia
Que em Buenos Aires havia uma praia
Chamada Rio de Janeiro
(Nem cantinho,nem Corcovado)
Que como era gelada só podia ter
(Que dó)
Carnaval no mês de favereiro
(Nem barquinho na Guanabara)

Naquele Rio de Janeiro o tango nasceu
E Mangueira o imortalizou na avenida
(Jamelão na verde-e-rosa)
Originária das tangas
Com que as índias fingiam
Cobrira (que dá) graça sagrada da vida

Brazil, Capital Buenos Aires

The day that bossa nova invented Brazil
You had to do it right, honorable peers
Because our capital was Buenos Aires
Our capital was Buenos Aires
(Chorus)

And in its culture, Hollywood cinema said
That in Buenos Aires there was a beach
Called Rio de Janeiro
That was so icy it could only have
Carnival in the month of February

In that Rio de Janeiro, tango was born
And Mangueira immortalized it on the avenue
Originating from the thongs
That the Indian women pretended
To cover the sacred grace of life

The day that bossa nova invented Brazil
You had to do it right, honorable peers
Because our capital was Buenos Aires
Our capital was Buenos Aires
(Chorus)

And in its culture, Hollywood cinema said
That in Buenos Aires there was a beach
Called Rio de Janeiro
(Not even a little corner, nor Corcovado)
That was so icy it could only have
(What a pity)
Carnival in the month of February
(Not even a little boat in Guanabara Bay)

In that Rio de Janeiro, tango was born
And Mangueira immortalized it on the avenue
(Jamelão in green and pink)
Originating from the thongs
That the Indian women pretended
To cover (which gives) the sacred grace of life