Com que roupa? [English translation]

Now I'm going to change my behavior

I'm off to fight because I want to dress up dapper

I'm going to treat you with brute force

So that I can rehabilitate myself

Because nothing comes easy in this life

And I ask: with what clothes

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

Now I don't amble about all merry

Because money isn't easy to come by

Even though I'm a shifty rogue

I can't even get enough to spend

My best days are behind me

But now with what clothes?

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

Today I'm leaping like a toad

To see if I can escape this plague of vultures

I'm already covered in rags

I'm going to end up buck-naked

My suit has already turned to oakum

And I no longer even know with what clothes

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

Your ol' Portuguese has run for the hills,

He's already gone and taken his boon.

He's forgotten who he loved so much yesterday,

He's faced Adamastor1 on his way to Portugal,

To get hitched with a lassie,

But now with what clothes

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

With what clothes will I go

To the samba that you invited me to?

1. the stormy and mythological embodiment of the Cape of Good Hope

• Artist:Noel Rosa