Translation of the song Juca artist Chico Buarque

Portuguese

Juca

English translation

Juca

Juca foi autuado em flagrante

Juca was apprehended in blazing

Como meliante

As a miscreant

Pois sambava bem diante

For he danced samba right in front

Da janela de Maria

Of Maria's window

Bem no meio da alegria

Right in the middle of the enjoyment

A noite virou dia

The night became day

O seu luar de prata

Its silver moonlight

Virou chuva fria

Became cold rain

A sua serenata

His serenade

Não acordou Maria

Didn't awake Maria

Juca ficou desapontado

Juca was disappointed

Declarou ao delegado

He declared to sheriff

Não saber se amor é crime

That he didn't know if love is crime

Ou se samba é pecado

Or if samba is sin

Em legítima defesa

In self-defense

Batucou assim na mesa

He drummed this in the table:

O delegado é bamba

The sheriff bold 1

Na delegacia

In the police station

Mas nunca fez samba

But he never made samba

Nunca viu Maria

Never saw Maria

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