| Era um, era dois, era cem
| It was one, it was two, it was a hundred
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| Era o mundo chegando e ninguém
| It was the world coming and no one
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| Que soubesse que eu sou violeiro
| To know that I am a guitar player
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| Que me desse o amor ou dinheiro…
| That give me love or money...
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| Era um, era dois, era cem
| It was one, it was two, it was a hundred
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| Vieram prá me perguntar:
| They came to ask me:
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| «Ô voce, de onde vai
| «Hey, where are you coming from?
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| De onde vem?
| Where does it come from?
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| Diga logo o que tem
| Tell me what you have
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| Prá contar»…
| To count»…
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| Parado no meio do mundo
| Standing in the middle of the world
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| Senti chegar meu momento
| I felt my moment come
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| Olhei pro mundo e nem via
| I looked at the world and never saw
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| Nem sombra, nem sol
| Neither shade nor sun
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| Nem vento…
| No wind...
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| Quem me dera agora
| who gave me now
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| Eu tivesse a viola
| I had the viola
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| Prá cantar…(4x)
| To sing…(4x)
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| Prá cantar!
| Go sing!
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| Era um dia, era claro
| It was a day, it was clear
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| Quase meio
| almost half
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| Era um canto falado
| It was a spoken song
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| Sem ponteio
| no pointer
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| Violência, viola
| violence, viola
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| Violeiro
| guitar player
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| Era morte redor
| It was death around
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| Mundo inteiro…
| Whole world…
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| Era um dia, era claro
| It was a day, it was clear
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| Quase meio
| almost half
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| Tinha um que jurou
| There was one who swore
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| Me quebrar
| break me
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| Mas não lembro de dor
| But I don't remember pain
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| Nem receio
| I'm not afraid
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| Só sabia das ondas do mar…
| I only knew about sea waves…
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| Jogaram a viola no mundo
| Played the viola in the world
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| Mas fui lá no fundo buscar
| But I went down there to look for
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| Se eu tomo a viola
| If I take the viola
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| Ponteio!
| Ponte!
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| Meu canto não posso parar
| My singing I can't stop
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| Não…
| No…
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| Quem me dera agora
| who gave me now
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| Eu tivesse a viola
| I had the viola
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| Prá cantar, prá cantar
| To sing, to sing
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| Ponteio…(4x)
| Ponte…(4x)
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| Pontiarrrrrrrr!
| Pontiarrrrrrrr!
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| Era um, era dois, era cem
| It was one, it was two, it was a hundred
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| Era um dia, era claro
| It was a day, it was clear
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| Quase meio
| almost half
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| Encerrar meu cantar
| close my singing
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| Já convém
| it already suits
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| Prometendo um novo ponteio
| Promising a new bridge
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| Certo dia que sei
| One day I know
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| Por inteiro
| Fully
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| Eu espero não vá demorar
| I hope it won't be long
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| Esse dia estou certo que vem
| That day I'm sure will come
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| Digo logo o que vim
| I'll tell you what I came
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| Prá buscar
| to search
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| Correndo no meio do mundo
| Running in the middle of the world
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| Não deixo a viola de lado
| I don't leave the viola aside
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| Vou ver o tempo mudado
| I'll see the weather changed
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| E um novo lugar prá cantar…
| And a new place to sing...
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| Quem me dera agora
| who gave me now
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| Eu tivesse a viola
| I had the viola
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| Prá cantar
| to sing
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| Ponteio…(4x)
| Ponte…(4x)
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| Lá, láia, láia, láia…
| There, there, there, there, there...
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| Lá, láia, láia, láia…
| There, there, there, there, there...
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| Lá, láia, láia, láia…
| There, there, there, there, there...
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| Quem me dera agora
| who gave me now
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| Eu tivesse a viola
| I had the viola
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| Prá cantar
| to sing
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| Ponteio…(4x)
| Ponte…(4x)
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| Prá cantar
| to sing
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| Pontiaaaaarrr…(4x)
| Pontiaaaaaarrr…(4x)
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| Quem me dera agora
| who gave me now
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| Eu tivesse a viola
| I had the viola
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| Prá Cantar! | Go Sing! |