Translation of the song lyrics Ai Rapaz - Deolinda

Ai Rapaz (original)

Ai, rapaz!
Se tu soubesses bem
Como é que eu fico
Quando vou ao bailarico
E te miro a dançar
Ó-ai, à marcial
Já tentei dançar assim também
A esse ritmo, cada passo com sentido
E eu nem gosto de marchar
Ó-ai, mas quem me viu?!
Ai, rapaz, mas eu queria
Uma valsa a três passos
Dar-te a mão e ver a vida
Agarrada a teus braços, ai
Fui-me pôr
Sentada mesmo à frente
E ali esperei
A tantos eu neguei
O prazer da minha dança
Ó-ai, que era só tua
Mas o bar também chamou por ti
Num entretanto e a banda ia tocando
E quando tu de lá voltaste
Ó-ai, a valsa acabou!
Ai, rapaz, mas eu queria
Ir na roda e ser teu par!
Dar-te a mão, ir na folia
E não mais eu te largar, ó-ai
Foi então
Que a roda se fez
Ao largo, larga
Tanta gente, muita farra
E nós ali na multidão
Ó-ai, com outro par!
Fui passando
Par a par, nem sei
Quantos ao certo
E tu cada vez mais perto
E quando só faltava um
Ó-ai, veio o leilão!
Ai, rapaz, o que eu queria
Era um baile bem mandado
Que nos guiasse à sacristia
E voltássemos casados, ai
E do palco
Surgiu uma voz
E a concertina:
«Roda manel, vira maria
E quem não vira perde a roda!»
Ó-ai, e eu virei!
Mas a voz
Puxada à concertina
Mais pedia
E acelarava a melodia
Os pés trocavam-se no chão
Ó-ai, e assim foi
Ai, rapaz, e foi o baile
Sem alma nem coração
Mal cantado e mal mandado
Que me atirou ao chão, ó ai
E foste tu a dar-me a mão

Ai Rapaz (translation)

Oh boy!
If you knew well
How do I get
When I go to the dance
I look forward to dancing
Oh-ah, martial
I've tried dancing like that too
At this pace, each step with meaning
And I don't even like to march
Oh-ah, but who saw me?!
Oh boy, but I wanted
A waltz at three steps
Give you a hand and see life
Clinging to your arms, oh
I went to put
sitting right in front
And there I waited
So many I denied
The pleasure of my dance
Oh-oh, that was just yours
But the bar also called for you
In the meantime, the band was playing
And when you returned from there
Oh-ah, the waltz is over!
Oh boy, but I wanted
Go on the wheel and be your partner!
Give you a hand, go to the revelry
And I won't let go of you anymore, oh-oh
It was then
Which wheel was made
across, wide
So many people, so much fun
And we there in the crowd
Oh-ah, with another pair!
I was passing
Even, I don't know
How many exactly
And you closer and closer
And when there was only one
Oh-oh, the auction came!
Oh boy, what I wanted
It was a well-ordered dance
That would guide us to the sacristy
And we would come back married, oh
And from the stage
a voice came
And the concertina:
«Roda manel, turn maria
And whoever doesn't turn loses the wheel!»
Oh-oh, and I come!
But the voice
concertina pull
more asked
And it accelerated the melody
Feet changed on the floor
Oh-oh, and so it was
Oh boy, and it was the dance
No soul or heart
Poorly sung and badly commanded
That threw me to the ground, oh
And it was you to give me a hand