Lyrics of Chão de Estrelas - Elizeth Cardoso

Chão de Estrelas (original)

Minha vida era um palco iluminado
Eu vivia vestido de dourado
Palhaço das perdidas ilusões
Cheio dos guizos falsos da alegria
Andei cantando a minha fantasia
Entre as palmas febris dos corações
Meu barracão no morro do Salgueiro
Tinha o cantar alegre de um viveiro
Foste a sonoridade que acabou
E hoje, quando do sol, a claridade
Forra o meu barracão, sinto saudade
Da mulher pomba-rola que voou
Nossas roupas comuns dependuradas
Na corda, qual bandeiras agitadas
Pareciam estranho festival
Festa dos nossos trapos coloridos
A mostrar que nos morros mal vestidos
É sempre feriado nacional
A porta do barraco era sem trinco
E a lua, furando o nosso zinco
Salpicava de estrelas nosso chão
Tu pisavas nos astros, distraída
Sem saber que aventura desta vida
É a cabrocha, o luar e o violão

(translation)

My life was a lit stage
I lived in a golden dress
Clown of lost illusions
Full of the fake bells of joy
I've been singing my fantasy
Between the feverish palms of hearts
My shed on the Salgueiro hill
There was the joyful singing of a nursery
It was the sound that ended
And today, when the sun, the bright
Cover my shed, I miss you
Of the turtle-dove woman who flew
Our common clothes hanging
On the rope, like waving flags
They looked like a strange festival
Party of our colored rags
Showing that in poorly dressed hills
It's always a national holiday
The shack door did not have a latch
And the moon, boring our zinc
Splashed our floor with stars
You were stepping on the stars, distracted
Not knowing what adventure of this life
It's the goat, the moonlight and the guitar