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Luiz Gonzaga

A Canção do CarteiroThe Postman's Song

Luiz Gonzaga · 60 Grandes Sucessos (Remastered) 60 Great Hits (Remastered) (2019)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Teixeira

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

Eu sou um pobre carteiro

Mas gosto da profissão

Pois trabalho o dia inteiro

Assobiando esta canção


O meu trabalho é honesto

Mesmo sem ser o melhor

Se para isso me presto

É que há coisa bem pior

Não sou tão sacrificado

E agradeço ao bom Deus

Por haver me amparado

Protegendo a mim e aos meus


Levo cartas com poesia

Felizes cartas de amor

Também cartas de ironia

De luto e dissabor

E assim eu vou vivendo

Nesta minha profissão

Minhas mágoas esquecendo

Assobiando a canção

Translation

I am a poor mailman

But I like the profession

Because I work all day long

Whistling this song


My work is honest

Even if it's not the best

If I lend myself to this

It's because there's something much worse

I'm not so sacrificed

And I thank the good Lord

For having sheltered me

Protecting me and mine


I carry letters with poetry

Happy love letters

Also letters of irony

Of mourning and displeasure

And so I go on living

In this my profession

Forgetting my sorrows

Whistling the song

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