Pedro Pedreiro [English translation]

Pedro the mason in thought expecting the train

Morning comes, needs to wait as well

For the sake of those with much to those with nothing

Pedro the mason is thinking thus

Just thinking time passes and people will start going backward

Expecting, expecting, expecting,

Eexpecting the sun

Expecting the train,

Expecting to increase from last year to the coming month

Pedro the mason in thought expecting the train

Morning comes, needs to wait as well

For the sake of those with much to those with nothing

Pedro the mason expects the carnival

And the lottery ticket for the federal every month

Expecting, expecting, expecting,

Expecting the sun

Expecting the train,

Expecting a raise next month

Expecting the party, expecting luck

And Pedro’s wife is expecting a child and he is as well

Pedro the mason in thought expecting the train

Morning comes, needs to wait as well

For the sake of those with much to those with nothing

Pedro the mason is expecting death

Or expecting the day to return north

Pedro did not know but maybe deep down

He is expecting something more beautiful that the world

Greater than the sea,

But why dream if it takes

The despair of waiting too long

Pedro the mason wants to go back,

Wants to be a poor mason and nothing more,

Without staying expecting, expecting, expecting,

Expecting the sun

Expecting the train,

Expecting an increase next month

Expecting a son in order to wait as well

Expecting the party, expecting luck,

Expecting death, expecting the north

Expecting the day to wait for no-one,

Waiting finally, nothing more beyond

Than the hope afflicted, blessed, infinite of the whistle of the train

Pedro the mason the mason expecting

Pedro the mason the mason expecting

Pedro the mason the mason expecting the train

That is already coming

That is already coming

That is already coming

That is already coming

That is already coming

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Chico Buarque de Hollanda (1966)