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Capitão Fausto – Santa Ana

Well, I can’t see my new pro-Fausto stance lasting long because, as I said yesterday, their studio output is quite bland and overproduced, but while I am in the zone, let’s try a translation. This is Santa Ana from their first album, Gazela, and one of the songs they played as the finale for the show.

PortuguêsInglês
Está a chover dentro da sala de estar
A casa ardeu; ninguém parou de dançar
It’s raining in the living room
The house caught fire. Nobody stopped dancing
Ela diz que devo aprender
As noites simples e o que é ficar
Ela é linda e o seu parecer
Faz-me sentir que é tempo de mudar
She says I should learn
The ordinary nights are what it is to stay
She’s lovely and her appearance
Makes me think it’s time to change
Está a chover dentro da sala de estar
A casa ardeu; ninguém parou de dançar
It’s raining in the living room
The house caught fire. Nobody stopped dancing
Ela diz que eu devo aprender
As noites simples e o que é ficar
Ela é linda mas não quer ver
Que qualquer dia já cá não vou estar
She says I should learn
The ordinary nights are what it is to stay
She’s lovely but I don’t want to see
That someday I won’t be here

Is that all? 8 lines? I don’t feel like I’ve had much of a workout. That’s a long instrumental break they did at the end there. OK, well, I like the lyrics anyway, even if they are a bit terse, sometimes it’s best to keep it tight and not waffle on for 4 verses. I hope you enjoyed it.