Translation of the song lyrics Tradição - Gilberto Gil

Tradição (original)

Conheci uma garota que era do Barbalho
Uma garota do barulho
Namorava um rapaz que era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E sair do banco e, desbancando, despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Conheci essa garota que era do Barbalho
Essa garota do barulho
No tempo que Lessa era goleiro do Bahia
Um goleiro, uma garantia
No tempo que a turma ia procurar porrada
Na base da vã valentia
No tempo que preto não entrava no Bahiano
Nem pela porta da cozinha
Conheci essa garota que era do Barbalho
No lotação de Liberdade
Que passava pelo ponto dos Quinze Mistérios
Indo do bairro pra cidade
Pra cidade, quer dizer, pro Largo do Terreiro
Pra onde todo mundo ia
Todo dia, todo dia, todo santo dia
Eu, minha irmã e minha tia
No tempo quem governava era Antonio Balbino
No tempo que eu era menino
Menino que eu era e veja que eu já reparava
Numa garota do Barbalho
Reparava tanto que acabei já reparando
No rapaz que ela namorava
Reparei que o rapaz era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E sair do banco e, desbancando, despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando

(translation)

I met a girl who was from Barbalho
A noise girl
I was dating a boy who was very smart
A very different boy
Smart in the way of ponging on the tram
It is different by type
In open shirt and certain American pants
Contraband arrangement
And leaving the bench and, unbanging, getting off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
This noise girl
In the time when Lessa was a goalkeeper for Bahia
A goalkeeper, a guarantee
At the time the class would search for a beating
On the basis of vain courage
In the time when blacks did not enter Bahiano
Not even through the kitchen door
I met this girl who was from Barbalho
In the freedom crowding
That passed through the point of the Fifteen Mysteries
Going from the neighborhood to the city
To the city, that is, to Largo do Terreiro
where did everyone go
Every day, every day, every single day
Me, my sister and my aunt
At the time, Antonio Balbino ruled
In the time when I was a boy
Boy I was and see I already noticed
In a girl from Barbalho
I fixed it so much that I ended up fixing it
In the boy she was dating
I noticed that the boy was very smart
A very different boy
Smart in the way of ponging on the tram
It is different by type
In open shirt and certain American pants
Contraband arrangement
And leaving the bench and, unbanging, getting off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing