Translation of the song lyrics João E Maria - Nara Leão, Chico Buarque

João E Maria (original)

Agora eu era o herói
E o meu cavalo só falava inglês
A noiva do cowboy
Era você
Além das outras três
Eu enfrentava os batalhões
Os alemães e seus canhões
Guardava o meu bodoque
E ensaiava o rock
Para as matinês
Agora eu era o rei
Era o bedel e era também juiz
E pela minha lei
A gente era obrigada a ser feliz
E você era a princesa
Que eu fiz coroar
E era tão linda de se admirar
Que andava nua pelo meu país
Não, não fuja não
Finja que agora eu era o seu brinquedo
Eu era o seu pião
O seu bicho preferido
Sim, me dê a mão
A gente agora já não tinha medo
No tempo da maldade
Acho que a gente nem tinha nascido
Agora era fatal
Que o faz-de-conta terminasse assim
Pra lá desse quintal
Era uma noite que não tem mais fim
Pois você sumiu no mundo
Sem me avisar
E agora eu era um louco a perguntar
O que é que a vida vai fazer de mim
André Velloso — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

João E Maria (translation)

Now I was the hero
And my horse only spoke English
The cowboy's bride
It was you
In addition to the other three
I faced the battalions
The Germans and their cannons
I kept my bodoque
And rehearsed rock
for the matinees
Now I was the king
He was bedel and he was also a judge
And by my law
People were obliged to be happy
And you were the princess
That I made crown
And it was so beautiful to admire
Who walked naked through my country
No, don't run away
Pretend I was now your toy
I was your top
Your favorite animal
Yes, give me your hand
We were no longer afraid
In the time of evil
I don't think we were even born
now it was fatal
That the make-believe ended up like this
beyond that backyard
It was a night that has no end
Because you disappeared in the world
without telling me
And now I was crazy to ask
What life will do to me
André Velloso — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil