Translation of the song Gringo Guaraná artist Zélia Duncan
Gringo Guaraná
A Foreign Person
A barriga tá vazia mas a boca ri, todo dia
The stomachs are empty but the mouth smiles everyday
Malabares na esquina, desequilibrio é a sina
People juggling on the corners, they're destined to unbalance
Mas ele podia ser eu, eu podia ser você
But I could be that guy, I could be you
Você podia ser o outro
You could be that other guy
Roleta russa de loucos, se escapamos foi sempre por pouco
Crazy people's Russian roulette, if we avoided it, it was a close call
Loiro, sarará, preto, alisadinho
Blond, sarará1, black, straight
Branco azedo arde queimadinho
Pasty2 white people burn their skins when they go to the beach
Camarão, Sundown, legal
As red as a shrimp3, that's nice
Gringo guaraná, ruivo, loiro, brown
A foreign person, red-haired, blond, brown-haired
Surfista rastafari
The surfer with a rastafari hair
A raça sem pedir passagem passa
The race passes by without asking us to move
Meus dreads, meu sangue, que fervem na massa
My dreads, my blood, that are boiling hot
A menina cresce, o menino cresce
The girls grow, the boys grow
Vendendo bolas de chiclete
Selling gum balls
Bolas de neve no asfalto, a esperança se derrete no ato
Snowballs on the asphalt, hope melts in the moment
Na fumaça dos carros, pôr-do-sol, visual
As the cars leave smoke behind, sunset, a landscape
Nem quase tudo parece normal
Not everything seems to be normal
Loiro, sarará, preto, alisadinho
Blond, sarará1, black, straight
Branco azedo arde queimadinho
Pasty2 white people burn their skins when they go to the beach
Camarão, Sundown, legal
As red as a shrimp3, that's nice
Gringo guaraná, ruivo, loiro, brown
A foreign person, red-haired, blond, brown-haired
Ruivo, loiro, brown
Red-haired, blond, brown-haired
Surfista rastafari
The surfer with a rastafari hair
A raça sem pedir passagem passa
The race passes by without asking us to move
Meus dreads, meu sangue, que fervem na massa
My dreads, my blood, that are boiling hot
A menina cresce, o menino cresce
The girls grow, the boys grow
Vendendo bolas de chiclete
Selling gum balls
Bola de neve no asfalto, a esperança se derrete no ato
Snowball on the asphalt, hope melts in the moment
Na fumaça dos carros, pôr-do-sol, visual
As the cars leave smoke behind, sunset, a landscape
Nem quase tudo parece normal
Not everything seems to be normal
Mas ele podia ser eu, eu podia ser você
But I could be that guy, I could be you
Você podia ser um outro,
You could be that other guy
Roleta russa de loucos
Crazy people's Russian roulette,
Se escapamos foi sempre por pouco
If we avoided it, it was always a close call
Loiro, sarará, preto, alisadinho
Blond, sarará1, black, straight
Branco azedo arde queimadinho
Pasty2 white people burn their skins when they go to the beach
Camarão, Sundown, legal
As red as a shrimp3, that's nice
Gringo guaraná, ruivo, loiro, brown
A foreign person, red-haired, blond, brown-haired
Ruivo, loiro, brown
Red-haired, blond, brown-haired
Surfista rastafari
The surfer with a rastafari hair
A raça sem pedir passagem passa
The race passes by without asking us to move
Meus dreads, meu sangue, que fervem na massa
My dreads, my blood, that are boiling hot
A menina cresce, o menino cresce
The girls grow, the boys grow
Vendendo bolas de chiclete
Selling gum balls
Bola de neve no asfalto, a esperança se derrete no ato
Snowball on the asphalt, hope melts in the moment
Na fumaça dos carros, pôr-do-sol, visual
As the cars leave smoke behind, sunset, a landscape
Nem quase tudo parece normal
Not everything seems to be normal
Mas ele podia ser eu, eu podia ser você
But I could be that guy, I could be you
Você podia ser um outro,
You could be that other guy
Roleta russa de loucos
Crazy people's Russian roulette,
Se escapamos foi sempre por pouco
If we avoided it, it was always a close call