Lero-Lero [English translation]

I'm Brazilian of median stature

I like so-and-so but the other one is who wants me

Because in love who loses almost always wins

What a strange thing, leave if you can

I don't hold grudges, I don't blaspheme, I don't ponder

I don't tolerate blah blah blah, I don't owe anyone anything

I'm relaxed, I take my life with force

From my day job to the batuque I do as I wish

I am a poet and I don't deny my race

I make verses because of malice and also because of precision

That don't follow the rules, blank verse, intricate rhyme

I negate, I take a hint, I have my solution

I'm Brazilian, tatu-peba taturana

Good at (foot)ball, bad with money, I know the times tables by heart

Four times seven twenty-eight nine aside

Or a jaguar will devour me or I will have the last laugh

I don't enter in raffles, I don't sweeten, I don't season

I don't remark, I score zero, if I said it I don't go back on it

I leave a trace where I pass through, I leave fame

I ruin the plot, I disobey Satan

I'm Brazilian of median stature

I like so-and-so but the other one is who wants me

Goes the natural saying of my land

A good goat is the one that bleats the most where the thrush sings

I don't believe in my misfortune

Sparrow of prey nobody takes my cornmeal

• Artist:Edu Lobo