Nesse Botequim [English translation]

Through the doors of this bar

Old times passed

Dreams and friends passed

Crimes and punishments passed

Through the doors of this bar

Pigs and vagrants passed

Peoples and fuses passed

Empty bodies passed

Through the doors of this bar

Weeds and cobwebs passed

Kings and queens passed

Creeds and litanies passed

Through the doors of this bar

Trains and tractors passed

Dogs and drums passed

Flying cattle passed

Through the doors of this bar

Bearded men and men in cassocks passed

Killer hands passed

Thick curtains passed

Through the doors of this bar

Arm-wrestling matches happened

Steel darknesses happened

The waters of March happened

A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road

It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone

A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road

It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone1

1. Part of 'Waters of March' by Tom Jobim