Geni e o Zepelim [English translation]

Of all the bent negroes

From the mangrove and the docks

She was once girlfriend

Her body belongs to the wanderers

To the blind, to the retreatants

She belongs to those who have nothing else

She gives herself like this since she was a girl

At the garage, at the canteen

Behind the tank, in the woods

She's the queen of the prisoners

Of the mad women, the lepers

Of the boys from the board school

And she also goes, frequently

With the sick old men

And the widows without hope

She's a pit of kindness

That's why the townspeople

Always repeats:

Throw a stone at Geni!

Throw a stone at Geni!

She was made to be beaten!

She is good to spit on!

She will fuck anyone!

Damned Geni!

One day appeared, shinning

Between the clouds, floating

An enormous zeppelin

Hovered above the buildings

Opened two thousand holes

With two thousand cannons

The townspeople, scared

Stood there paralised

Ready to turn into jelly

But from the gigantic zeppelin

Stepped down its commander

Saying: "I changed my mind!"

When I saw in this town

Such horror and iniquity

I decided to explode everything

But I can avoid the drama

If that beautiful lady

Lays with me tonight

That lady was Geni!

But it can't be Geni!

She was made to be beaten!

She is good to spit on!

She will fuck anyone!

Damned Geni!

But, indeed, it was her

So plain and simple

Who captivated the foreigner

The flashy warriow

So feared and powerfull

Was now her prisoner

It just so happens that the damsel

(and that was her secret)

Also had her whims

And instead of laying with such a noble man

Smelling like luster and copper

She would rather lay with the animals

Upon hearing such heresy

The townspeople, on pilgrimage

Went to kiss her hand

The mayor on his knees

The bishop with red eyes

And the banker with a million

Go with him, go, Geni!

Go with him, go, Geni!

You can save us!

You will redeem us!

You will fuck anyone!

Blessed Geni!

There where so many requests

So sincere, so touching

That she overpassed her disgust

On that troubled night

She gave herself to such lover

Like she was surrendering herself to her executioner

He made such a mess

All through the night

Until he was satisfied

And even before the sun was up

He left through a cloud

With his silver zeppelin

In a relieved sigh

She turned to her side

And even tried to smile

But as soon as the sun was up

The townspeople, in unison

Didn't let her sleep

Throw a stone at Geni!

Throw shit at Geni!

She was made to be beaten!

She is good to spit on!

She will fuck anyone!

Damned Geni!

Throw a stone at Geni!

Throw shit at Geni!

She was made to be beaten!

She is good to spit on!

She will fuck anyone!

Damned Geni!

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Ópera do malandro