Meaning title: Xote of the girls (Xote=North-Eastern Brazilian music genre and dance)
Music & lyrics: Zé Dantas & Luiz Gonzaga
Performance: Marisa Monte
Português
Mandacaru quando flora lá na seca
E um sinal que a chuva chega no sertão
Toda menina que enjôa da boneca
É sinal de que o amor já chegou no coração
Meia comprida não quer mais sapato baixo
Vestido bem cintado não quer mais vestir gibão
Ela só quer só pensa em namorar (4x)
De manhã cedo já tá pintada
Só vive suspirando sonhando acordada
O pai leva ao doutor a filha adoentada
Não come nem estuda não dorme nem quer nada
Ela só quer só pensa em namorar (4x)
Mas o doutor nem examina
Chamando o pai do lado lhe diz logo em surdina
Que o mal é da idade e que pra tal menina
Não há um só remédio em toda medicina
Ela só quer só pensa em namorar (4x)
English
When the mandacaru (1) blooms in the desert
It's a signal that it starts raining in the sertão (2)
Every girl that is tired of her doll
Is a signal that love is blooming in her heart
Long stockings, she won't wear low shoes anymore
A tight dress, she won't wear a jacket anymore
All she wants to think of is dating
Early in the morning she is already made up
All day just sighing and day-dreaming
The father brings his ill child to the doctor
She doesn't eat, study, sleep or wants anything at all
All she wants to think of is dating
But the doctor doesn't even examine her
He takes the father aside to tell him in low voice
It's the trouble of her age and for such girl
Doesn't exist any medicine
All she wants to think of is dating
(1) The Mandacaru is a big cactus
(2) Sertão refers to the semi-arid region in northeastern Brazil, The word "sertão" is derived from the Portuguese word "desertão" which means "big desert". This region is known for being poor and drought-plagued.
Nederlands
Als de mandacaru bloeit in de woestijn
Is dat een teken dat het gaat regenen in de sertão
Ieder meisje dat genoeg heeft van haar pop
Is een teken dat de liefde bloeit in haar hart
Lange kousen, zij wil geen lage schoenen meer aan
Een getailleerde jurk, zij wil geen jack meer dragen
Het enige waar ze aan wil denken is verkering hebben
Vroeg in de morgen is ze al opgemaakt
De hele dag aan het zuchten en dagdromen
De vader brengt zijn zieke kind naar de arts
Zij eet, studeert en slaapt niet en wil helemaal niets
Het enige waar ze aan wil denken is verkering hebben
Maar de dokter onderzoekt haar niet eens
Hij neemt de vader apart en vertelt hem zachtjes
Het probleem is de leeftijd en voor zo'n meisje
Bestaat geen enkel geneesmiddel
Het enige waar ze aan wil denken is verkering hebben