Santos e Pecadores |
Saints and Sinners |
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Autores: Claudinho Raiz / Niquinho Azevedo / Gilberto Gomes |
Translation: Richard Galbraith |
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Quem vencerá |
Who will win |
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A eterna luta do bem contra o mau |
The eternal struggle of good against evil |
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Sete pecados capitais |
Seven deadly sins |
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A Paraíso traz pra esse carnaval |
Paraiso brings to this carnival |
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Na tentação da folia a luxuria se deu |
Yielding to the temptation of revelry and lust |
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O equilibrio se perdeu |
The balance was lost |
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Minha vaidade vai te encantar |
My vanity will enchant you |
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E sua preguiça vou espantar |
And his sloth will amaze |
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Cantar, sambar, sorrir |
To sing, to samba, to smile |
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Festa profana pra gente se devertir |
Unholy party to amuse us |
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refrão (bis) |
refrain (repeat) |
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A comida tá na mesa |
The food at the table |
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Só não vale exagerar |
Just not worth exaggerating |
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Olha a gula e avareza |
Behold gluttony and greed |
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Vamos compartilhar |
We will share |
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Pra quem te fome qualquer prato é caviar |
For those who hunger, any dish is caviar |
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Na soberba da humanidade, infelicidade |
With the pride of humanity, unhappiness |
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Poder, ganância, corrupção |
Power, greed, corruption |
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A ira se alastrando pelo chão |
Sprawling on the ground in a rage |
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Hoje é pecado se drogar, poluir, devastar |
Today we sin, take drugs, pollute, destroy |
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Até a injustiça social |
To social injustice |
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Virou pecado capital |
Turned deadly sin |
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De um lado riqueza, do outro pobreza |
On one side wealth, the other poverty |
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Abortei, pequei |
I gave up, I sinned |
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refrão (bis) |
refrain (repeat) |
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Certo ou errado |
Right or wrong |
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Santo ou pecador |
Saint or sinner |
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Com a Paraíso eu vou |
With Paraíso I will |
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em Notting Hill pra semear felicidade |
bring happiness to Notting Hill |
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Ver alegria se espalhar pela cidade |
See joy spread through the city |
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A samba enredo is a samba theme song. Paraiso has a new song composed every year on the theme of the year's carnival.
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