Garrincha, the little bird
Translated by Gordon Fleetwood with help from his friend Jorge
Garrincha é o nome de um passarinho alegre, cor de terra
[Garrincha is the name of a little bird, color of the earth]
Que quem apelidou Manoel Francisco dos Santos “Mané Garrincha”, conhecia tanto o rapaz quanto o passarinho. E era um poeta
[Whoever nicknamed Manoel Francisco dos Santos “Mané Garrincha” knew much about the boy and the bird. And he was a poet.]
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Song: (The phrases that come on the screen - and their translations - are in bold)
Vocês devem saber
Porque o Garrincha
Foi bicampeão
[You must know
Why Garrincha was twice a champion]
Quando ele chuta a bola
Ate parece um tiro de canhão
[When he shoots the ball
It looks like a cannon shot]
Ele balança pra lá, balança pra cá
Com essas pernas de arrasar
[He wings from here to there
with those devastating legs]
A torcida presta atenção
Ele fazendo cara de João**
[Pay attention supporters
He’s doing the face of João]
** (Joao was the first defender to defend Garrincha in Pau Grande and Garrincha said “no matter how famous or good a defender was, in front of him, he would be just another João”)
Vocês devem saber
Porque o Garrincha
Foi bicampeão
[You must know
Why Garrincha was twice a champion]
Quando ele chuta a bola
Ate parece um tiro de canhão
[When he shoots the ball
It looks like a cannon shot]
Ele balança pra lá, balança pra cá
Com essas pernas de arrasar
[He wings from here to there
with those devastating legs]
A torcida presta atenção
Ele fazendo cara de João
[Pay attention supporters
He’s doing the face of João]
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Interviewer: Garrincha como aqui você rapidamente traçaria o seu perfil? Como é você, segundo você mesmo?
Interviewer: Garrincha, how would you quickly desribe your profil? How are you?
Garrincha: Eu sou isso aqui que você ta vendo, nunca mudei em nada. Sempre uma pessoa alegre, sempre brincando…e cerra. Sou assim mesmo, nunca esqueci o que eu fui antes nem depois.
Garrincha: I’m how you are seeing here, never changed anything. Always happy, always playing around…and that’s it….I am anyways, never forgot what I was before or after.
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