Music: Sivuca
Lyrics: Chico Buarque
Performance: Chico Buarque & Nara Leão
Português
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 um rock para as matinês
Agora eu era o rei
Era o bedel e era também juiz
E pela minha lei
A gente era obrigado 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
Vem, me dê a mão
A gente agora já não tinha medo
No tempo da maldade
Acho que a gente nem era nascido
Agora era fatal
Que o faz-de-conta terminasse assim
Pra lá deste 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
English
So now I was the hero
And my horse only spoke English
The cowboy's bride
Were you besides the other three
I engaged the battalions
The Germans and their cannons
Then I put away my slingshot
And rehearsed a rock for the matinees
So now I was the king
I was the janitor and also the judge
And according to my law
We were obligated to be happy
And you were the princess
That I had crowned
And you were so beautiful to admire
That you walked naked through my country
No, please don't go
Just pretend now that I was your toy
I was your spinning top
Your favorite pet
Come, give me your hand
Now we weren't afraid anymore
In evil times
I think we weren't even born
So now it was fatal
That the make-believe ended up like this
Beyond this backyard
It was a never ending night
Because you disappeared into the world
Without warning me
And now I was a fool wondering
What will become of me in this life
Nederlands
Nu was ik dan de held
En mijn paard sprak alleen Engels
De bruid van de cowboy
Was jij naast de andere drie
Ik trotseerde de bataljons
De Duitsers en hun kanonnen
Toen borg ik mijn katapult op
En repeteerde een rock voor de matinees
Nu was ik dan de koning
Ik was de conciërge en ook de rechter
En volgens mijn wet
Waren wij verplicht gelukkig te zijn
En jij was de prinses
Die ik had gekroond
En je was zo mooi om te bewonderen
Dat je naakt door mijn land liep
Nee, ga nu niet weg
Doe nu maar alsof ik je speelgoed was
Ik was je draaitol
Je lievelingsdier
Kom, geef mij je hand
Wij waren nu al niet meer bang
In kwaadaardige tijden
Waren we volgens mij niet eens geboren
Nu was het dan fataal
Dat het doen-alsof zo is geëindigd
Daar buiten deze achtertuin
Was het een nacht zonder einde
Want jij verdween in de wereld
Zonder mij te waarschuwen
En nu was ik dan een dwaas die zich afvraagt
Wat er van mij zal worden in dit leven