Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Pelos meus olhos passaram,
Passaram moças lindas, ruas sem fim
Ponta de pedra e as águas do Bituri
Na minha boca passaram
Passaram carnes tenras, fruta comi
Língua vermelha mel de abelha bebi
Pelos ouvidos passaram
A voz do rádio, sabiá, bem-te-vi
E o vento música nos pés de capim
Pelas narinas passaram
Ruas de Olinda, a noite cheira a jasmin
Um cheiro doce em teus cabelos senti
Pelos meus dedos passaram
Teu corpo em pelo e teus cabelos senti
Pela morena da cor do sapoti
Ê e passarão, e passarás
Translation
Through my eyes passed,
Beautiful girls passed, endless streets
Stone point and the waters of the Bituri
In my mouth passed
Tender meats passed, fruit I ate
Red tongue, honey from bees I drank
Through my ears passed
The voice of the radio, thrush, great kiskadee
And the wind, music in the feet of grass
Through my nostrils passed
Streets of Olinda, the night smells like jasmine
A sweet smell in your hair I felt
Through my fingers passed
Your naked body and your hair I felt
Through the brunette the color of sapoti
And they will pass, and you will pass
