Текст и перевод песни Maria Bethânia - O Velho Francisco

O Velho Francisco

Já gozei de boa vida
Tinha até meu bangalô
Cobertor, comida
Roupa lavada
Vida veio e me levou

Fui eu mesmo alforriado
Pela mão do Imperador
Tive terra, arado
Cavalo e brida
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor

Quem me vê, vê nem bagaço
Do que viu quem me enfrentou
Campeão do mundo
Em queda de braço
Vida veio e me levou

Li jornal, bula e prefácio
Que aprendi sem professor
Freqüentei palácio
Sem fazer feio
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor

Eu gerei dezoito filhas
Me tornei navegador
Vice-rei das ilhas
Da Caraíba
Vida veio e me levou

Fechei negócio da China
Desbravei o interior
Possuí mina
De prata, jazida
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de visita
Vem aí meu grande amor
Hoje não deram almoço, né
Acho que o moço até
Nem me lavou

Acho que fui deputado
Acho que tudo acabou
Quase que
Já não me lembro de nada
Vida veio e me levou
Vida veio e me levou

El viejo Francisco

I used to enjoy a good life
I even had my own bungalow
Blankets, food
Clean clothes
Life came and took me away

I was freed myself
By the hand of the Emperor
I had land, a plow
A horse and a bridle
Life came and took me away

Today is visiting day
Here comes my great love
She comes wearing earrings
She comes every Sunday
She smells like flowers

Who looks at me, sees nothing
Remaining from what was seen by those who opposed me
The world champion
In arm wrestling
Life came and took me away

I've read newspapers, pills, and prefaces
That I learned without a teacher
I've been to the palace
Without making a fool of myself
Life came and took me away

Today is visiting day
Here comes my great love
She comes wearing earrings
She comes every Sunday
She smells like flowers

I fathered eighteen daughters
I became a navigator
Vice-regent of the islands
Of the Caribbean
Life came and took me away

I closed a deal in China
I explored the interior
I had a mine
Of silver, a deposit
Life came and took me away

Today is visiting day
Here comes my great love
Today they didn't give me lunch, did they?
I think the guy even
Didn't wash me

I think I was a deputy
I think it's all over
Almost
I can't remember anything anymore
Life came and took me away
Life came and took me away