Paroles et traduction Zé Geraldo - Zé e José

Zé e José

Zé e José eram amigos de fé
E sentimentos
Se ajudavam nos momentos difíceis
Sorriam juntos na felicidade
Os pés no chão, o tempo a favor
Namoro com as moças bonitas
Noites e luas no interior

Ser feliz incomoda aos que são amargos
Alguns pais carrancudos
Lhes chamavam vagabundos
Sejam como nós, diziam eles

Pela primeira vez
Zé e José se embriagaram
Não entenderam a culpa
Agora instalada nos seus corações

Aprisionados foram aos compromissos
Apenas os domingos
Programados para serem livres
Livres pra pensarem na segunda-feira
Quando estariam atrás dos balcões
Cabeças treinadas para competir
Sementes de toda ambição

José...
José progrediu
Calculista e frio
Sorriso plástico
Frequentava a Câmara e o Senado
Enganava o povo
Não tinha amigos
Fez um pacto com o Diabo
E se perdeu na escuridão

E o Zé?
Zé não se deu bem no comércio
Se apaixonou por uma viola
Que ganhou de um velho bêbado
Que lhe contou uma história
Sobre a cor dos sete mares
E de tesouros escondidos
No peito do próprio homem
Lhe disse também
Cante ao mundo
O que vier do fundo do seu coração
E a luz se fez

Zé cantou histórias das estradas
Reencontrou o sentimento perdido
Emocionou multidões
Aplaudiu
Foi aplaudido
Zé nunca mais sentiu culpa em ser vagabundo
Voltou a ser feliz

Zé and José

Zé and José were friends, dear and true
And they shared a bond
They helped each other through all the bad times
And smiled through the good times
Their feet on the ground, time on their side
They dated the town's finest belles
And spent their nights under the rural moon

But those who grow bitter resent those who are happy
And some parents, with furrowed brows
Called these boys hoodlums
Be like us, they said

For the first time ever
Zé and José got drunk
They didn't understand their guilt
Which had now settled in their hearts

Trapped by their new commitments
Now they were only free on Sundays
Allowed to be happy
So they could dream of Monday
When they'd be back at their desks again
Their minds trained to compete
Seeds of ambition now sown

José...
José found success
He was cold, calculating
With a plastic smile
He frequented the halls of power
He deceived the people
He made no friends
He made a pact with the devil
And he was lost in the darkness

What of Zé?
Zé didn't find success in commerce
He fell in love with a guitar
Which he got from an old drunk
Who told him a story
About the colors of the seven seas
And the treasures hidden
In the hearts of mankind
He also told him
Sing to the world
Whatever comes from the depths of your soul
And the light was made

Zé sang songs of the road
He found that feeling he had lost
He moved the crowds
He applauded and
He was applauded
Zé never again felt guilty for being a vagabond
He returned to happiness