De frente pro crime [English translation]

There is the body

Outspread in the floor *2

Instead of a face, a picture

Of a goal

Instead of a pray

Someone's curse

And silence

Sounding like Amen...

The closest bar

Quickly became packed

Vagabonds amongst

Workers

A man climbed

A bar table

And made a speech

As a councilman...

A coster showed up

To sell!

Rings, Laces

Cheap perfumes

A Bahian woman

To cook

Pastel *3

And some

Barbecue in sticks *4

At four a.m.

The holy spirit *5

Was received by the carnival dancer *6

And everyone decided

To stop, and then...

There is the body

Outspread in the floor

Instead of a face, a picture

Of a goal

Instead of a pray

Someone's curse

And silence

Sounding like Amen...

Without any rush

Everyone went away

Thinking about a woman

Or a football club

I saw the body lying there

And closed

My window

Facing the crime...

A coster showed up

To sell!

Rings, Laces

Cheap perfumes

A Bahian woman

To cook

Pastel

And some

Barbecue in sticks

At four a.m.

The holy spirit

Was received by the carnival dancer

And everyone decided

To stop, and then...

There is the body

Outspread in the floor...

• Artist:João Bosco