A Rosa [English translation]

She crushes my life plans

Dear, guide star of my path

Thorn nailed in my throat

Throat

This saint sometimes calls me by the wrong name

And disappears

And disappears until late in the night

Poor thing, she works the night shift

Artist, she is crazy about Portela1

Look at her

Look at her wearing green and pink2

The Rose assures me she belongs to me only

Quietly, she went out to buy cigarettes

How funny, she brought some things from the Northeast of the country

How lucky

How lucky, she came back all smiles

Mad, she comes up with such caresses

Egyptian3, she sees me and looks away

Hippiesh, she embroided my name in her shirt

Abuses, accuses me

Inspects my pants' pockets

That liar cleared my wallet

Cool, she paid our bills

Alright, when it's all good she leaves me, she complains

This geisha

What a sweet woman

The Rose

Oh, Rose, what about my life plans?

Bandit, where is my guide star?

Tramp, you forget me in the dark night

But you swear

You swear to me that someday you'll come back home

She crushes my life plans

Dear, guide star of my life

Thorn nailed in my throat

Throat

This saint sometimes calls me Alberto

Alberto

I'm sure she dreamed with some soap opera

Penelope, awaits me embroidering

Sweating, bedridden with a fever

What a fever

This hare, how ardent she is

The Rose

The Rose swore me everlasting love

I took my suit to dye

Someday she brought me some tight clothes

Me gusta, me gusta

She had a whim of dancing tango

My meal disappeared from the fridge

Homely, her sauce is wonderful

What a dutiful daughter, she visits her family in São Paulo

To the pampas, to the pampas

She came back all tanned4

This fairy ruins my lyricism

This Candomblé celebration, wears down my larynx

Sphinx, she eats me up

Chilling, that good one

What a wonderful thing

The Rose

Oh, Rose, what about my life plans?

Bandit, where is my guide star?

Tramp, she forgets me in the dark night

But she swears

She swears that she'll come back home someday

1. A renowned samba school2. The colors of Mangueira, Portela's rival3. There's an idiom that literally translates to "Play the Egyptian", meaning looking away, showing your profile, in a rude or hostile manner when you don't want to talk to someone - a reference to ancient Egyptian paintings4. Pampas are a kind of plain typical of the south of Brazil (far away from São Paulo), famous for being cold and its rocky untouristy beaches

• Artist:Chico Buarque