A Moça do Sonho [English translation]

The girl against the light

Suddenly charmed me

I tried to ask her 'Who are you?'

But my voice staggered

Kind of embarrassed, I got her hands

Like someone who is undoing a knot

I blew her face without thinking

And her face came undone into dust

There sure is a place

A messy house

Where dreams will be true

And life won't

The girl I love would reign there

With her laughter, her sighs and her face

And a bed on which at night

She would maybe dream of me

Out of a charm she came back

Singing in a low voice

I suddenly asked 'Who are you?'

But the lights flickered

She slowly ran away from me

And when I held her, she moaned

Her dress got torn

And the face wasn't hers anymore

There sure is a place

A kind of bazaar

Where all dreams that went astray

End up

Among stairs that run from our feet

And clocks that run backwards

If I could find the girl I love

I'd never come back

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Caravanas