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Luiz Gonzaga

O Urubu é um TristeThe Vulture is a Sad One

Luiz Gonzaga · São João Quente Hot São João (1971)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Quem vem ao mundo marcado

Felicidade não tem

Mudar destino traçado

Ninguém consegue, ninguém


Quem nasce feio, enjoado

Tem sofrimento, tem dor

Por todos não desejado

Não tem vintém, nem amor


O urubú é um triste

Por ter nascido urubu

No mundo gente existe

Passando por cururu

O sabiá é invejado

Por ser feliz cantador

Conquistador afamado

Cantando versos de amor


O homem tem sua vida

Nas mãos de Nosso Senhor

Pra uns, estradas florida

Pra outros, só dissabor

Se a coruja um dia

Chegasse a ser beija-flor

Naturalmente eu teria

Dinheiro, paz e amor

Translation

Whoever comes into the world marked

Has no happiness

To change a traced destiny

No one can, no one


Whoever is born ugly, disagreeable

Has suffering, has pain

Not desired by all

Has no money, nor love


The vulture is a sad one

For having been born a vulture

In the world there are people

Living like a toad

The thrush is envied

For being a happy singer

A renowned conqueror

Singing verses of love


Man has his life

In the hands of Our Lord

For some, flowery roads

For others, only displeasure

If the owl one day

Were to become a hummingbird

Naturally I would have

Money, peace, and love

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