Composer: Trio Nordestino
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
É bonito, é sublime, é tão gozado
Ver um homem de idade apaixonado
Eu conheço um cidadão lá na paraíba
Que já passou dos sessenta, mas tem boa vida
É alto e milionário, empresta dinheiro a juros
Só não sei se no amor, ele ainda esta seguro
As moças da vizinhança quer lhe namorar
Porque ele tem dinheiro e pode gastar
Uma delas ate bonita fez ele se apaixonar
E depois de tudo pronto não quis se casar
Hoje em dia o pobre homem vive a reclamar
Porque gastou o dinheiro e não pode casar
Vendeu tudo quanto tinha e teve que mudar
Se entregou a bebedeira e vive a lamentar
Translation
It's beautiful, it's sublime, it's so fun
To see an older man in love
I know a citizen there in Paraíba
Who is over sixty, but has a good life
He is tall and a millionaire, lends money at interest
I just don't know if in love, he is still secure
The girls in the neighborhood want to date him
Because he has money and can spend it
One of them, even pretty, made him fall in love
And after everything was ready, she didn't want to marry
Nowadays the poor man lives complaining
Because he spent the money and can't marry
He sold everything he had and had to move
He gave himself to drinking and lives lamenting
