Translation of the song Os Eunucos (No Reino da Etiópia) artist José Afonso

Portuguese

Os Eunucos (No Reino da Etiópia)

English translation

The Eunuchs. (In the Kingdom of Etiopia)

Os eunucos devoram-se a si mesmos

The eunuchs devour each other

Não mudam de uniforme, são venais

They never change their clothes, they’re poison

E quando os mais são feitos em torresmos

And even still they’re made in honeycomb

Defendem os tiranos contra os país

Defending the tyrants against the country.

Em tudo são verdugos mais ou menos

They are more or less executioners in everything

No jardim dos harens os principais

And especially in the garden of the harem

E quando os pais são feitos em torresmos

And when the parents are made of honeycombs

Não matam os tiranos pedem mais

They don’t kill the tyrants but just want more.

Suportam toda a dor na calmaria

They put up with pain with the serenity

Da olímpica visão dos samurais

Of the Olympic vision of the Samurai

Havia um dono a mais na satrapia

There was an owner too many in the province of the Satrap

Mas foi lançado à cova dos chacais

But he was thrown into the hole of the jackals.

Em vénias malabares à luz do dia

Juggling in the light of day

Lambuzam de saliva os maiorais

They drivel spit on the majority

E quando os mais são feitos em fatias

And the more they are sliced up

Não matam os tiranos pedem mais

The more they don’t kill the tyrants but just want more.

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