| Quando ela passa, franzina e cheia de graça,
| When she passes, slender and full of grace,
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| Há sempre um ar de chalaça, no seu olhar feiticeiro.
| There is always an air of pun, in his sorcerous gaze of hers.
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| Lá vai catita, cada dia mais bonita,
| There goes catita, more beautiful every day,
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| E o seu vestido, de chita, tem sempre um ar domingueiro.
| And her dress, made of calico, always has a Sunday look.
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| Passa ligeira, alegre e namoradeira,
| She passes light, happy and flirtatious,
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| E a sorrir, p’rá rua inteira, vai semeando ilusões.
| And smiling, for the whole street, he sows illusions.
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| Quando ela passa, vai vender limões à praça,
| When she passes, she will sell lemons to the square,
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| E até lhe chamam, por graça, a Rosinha dos limões.
| And they even call it, for fun, the Lime Rose.
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| Quando ela passa, junto da minha janela,
| When she passes by my window,
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| Meus olhos vão atrás dela até ver, da rua, o fim.
| My eyes go after her until I see, from the street, the end.
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| Com ar gaiato, ela caminha apressada,
| With arrogance, she walks hurriedly,
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| Rindo por tudo e por nada, e às vezes sorri p’ra mim…
| Laughing at everything and for nothing, and sometimes smiling at me...
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| Quando ela passa, apregoando os limões,
| When she passes by, touting the lemons,
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| A sós, com os meus botões, no vão da minha janela
| Alone, with my buttons, in my window
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| Fico pensando, que qualquer dia, por graça,
| I keep thinking that any day, by grace,
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| Vou comprar limões à praça e depois, caso com ela!
| I'm going to buy lemons at the square and then I'll marry her!
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| When she passes by, her body petite and graceful,
| When she passes by, her body dela petite and graceful,
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| There’s always a cheerful semblance in her enchanting eyes
| There's always a cheerful semblance in her enchanting eyes
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| And there she goes, pretty and more and more beautiful each day
| And there she goes, pretty and more and more beautiful each day
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| And her dress in chinz grants her always an air of joy
| And her dress in chinz grants her always an air of joy
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| She passes by, her steps hurried, her look merry and coquettish
| She passes by, her steps hurried, her look merry and coquettish
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| She goes down the street, smiling at everyone, seeding her illusions along the
| She goes down the street, smiling at everyone, seeding her illusions along the
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| way
| way
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| When she passes by, she’s heading to the square to seal lemons there
| When she passes by, she's heading to the square to seal lemons there
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| And people lovingly call her «Rosinha, the girl who sells lemons»
| And people lovingly call her «Rosinha, the girl who sells lemons»
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| When she passes by outside my window
| When she passes by outside my window
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| My eyes go following her all the way until the end of the street
| My eyes go following her all the way until the end of the street
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| With her air of a naughty child, she walks hurriedly
| With her air of a naughty child, she walks hurriedly
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| Smiling with ease and sometimes she smiles at me When she passes by, offering the lemons out loud
| Smiling with ease and sometimes she smiles at me When she passes by, offering the lemons out loud
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| Alone with my thoghts, leaned to my window,
| Alone with my thoghts, leaned to my window,
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| I think to myself that one of these days, as if it were nothing
| I think to myself that one of these days, as if it were nothing
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| I’ll go to the square, to buy some of her lemons
| I'll go to the square, to buy some of her lemons
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| And then to ask her hand in marriage | And then to ask her hand her in marriage |