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Alceu Valença

Maria Dos SantosMaria Dos Santos

Alceu Valença · Espelho Cristalino Crystalline Mirror (1977)

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Composer: Alceu Valença

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

Um certo dia eu perguntei a Maria

Se hoje é noite de São João

Meu quarto tem bandeiras

Eu perguntei a Maria dos Santos

Seu nome era Benedito da Lagoa

E tinha vinte e quatro anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia

No coração


Um certo dia eu perguntei a Maria

Se hoje é noite de São João

Meu quarto tem bandeiras

Eu perguntei a Maria dos Santos

Seu nome era Benedito da Lagoa

E tinha vinte e quatro anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia

No coração


Eu perguntei a respeito das doenças da mente

Da decadência do nosso grande Hospital

E perguntei a respeito do Planeta

Girando numa roleta

Bola do bem e do mal

Eu perguntei a Maria dos Santos

Quanto custa pra se viver?


Eu perguntei a Maria dos Santos

Seu nome era Benedito da Lagoa

E tinha vinte e quatro anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia

No coração


E eu perguntei a respeito das doenças da mente

Da decadência do nosso grande Hospital

E perguntei a respeito do Planeta

Girando numa roleta

Bola do bem e do mal


Eu perguntei a Maria dos Santos

Seu nome era Benedito da Lagoa

E tinha vinte e quatro anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia


E tinha trinta e sete anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia

E tinha trinta e sete anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia


E tinha oitenta e cinco anos de folia

E vinte anos de agonia

E vinte anos de agonia

E vinte anos de agonia

Translation

One day I asked Maria

If tonight is Saint John's night

My room has flags

I asked Maria dos Santos

His name was Benedito da Lagoa

And he had twenty-four years of revelry

And twenty years of agony

In his heart


One day I asked Maria

If tonight is Saint John's night

My room has flags

I asked Maria dos Santos

His name was Benedito da Lagoa

And he had twenty-four years of revelry

And twenty years of agony

In his heart


I asked about the diseases of the mind

About the decay of our great Hospital

And I asked about the Planet

Spinning in a roulette

Ball of good and evil

I asked Maria dos Santos

How much does it cost to live?


I asked Maria dos Santos

His name was Benedito da Lagoa

And he had twenty-four years of revelry

And twenty years of agony

In his heart


And I asked about the diseases of the mind

About the decay of our great Hospital

And I asked about the Planet

Spinning in a roulette

Ball of good and evil


I asked Maria dos Santos

His name was Benedito da Lagoa

And he had twenty-four years of revelry

And twenty years of agony


And he had thirty-seven years of revelry

And twenty years of agony

And he had thirty-seven years of revelry

And twenty years of agony


And he had eighty-five years of revelry

And twenty years of agony

And twenty years of agony

And twenty years of agony

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