Mulher de 40 [English translation]

A beautiful smile

with a glance of someone who knows

a little about life,

who knows what love is

and maybe also a pain

kept for herself, hidden.

By experience

she understands the difference

between love and passion.

She knows what’s true,

what doesn’t last long

and what’s just a pure delusion.

She´s still young,

even if not as much as earlier,

but she’s so lovely.

She’s a woman,

who knows what she wants

and who believes in love.

I don’t want to know anything

about your life, your history

nor your past.

My quadragenarian woman,

I just want to be

the one you love…

Age doesn’t matter,

happiness

will come someday

if she lives blessedly,

or she’ll still wait

to meet a new love.

If she gets distracted

a tear falls

when she recalls the past.

Her distant gaze

for a while wanders

in the good old days.

She retouches her makeup,

full of courage,

that beautiful woman,

who is no longer a girl,

but who fascinates all men

and conquers my heart.

I don’t want to know anything

about your life, your history

nor your past.

My quadragenarian woman,

I just want to be

the one you love…

She retouches her makeup,

full of courage,

that beautiful woman,

who is no longer a girl,

but who fascinates all men

and conquers my heart.

I don’t want to know anything

about your life, your history

nor your past.

My quadragenarian woman,

I just want to be

the one you love…

• Artist:Roberto Carlos