Os Mutantes
Panis Et Circenses lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1968
- Genre
- Tropicália, Rock
- Length
- 3:41
Eu quis cantar minha canção iluminada de sol
I wanted to sing my song lit by the sun
Soltei os panos sobre os mastros no ar
I let out the sails over the masts in the air
Soltei os tigres e os leões nos quintais
I released the tigers and the lions in the backyards
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Mandei fazer de puro aço luminoso um punhal
I had a dagger made of pure shining steel
Para matar o meu amor e matei
To kill my love and I killed
Às cinco horas na avenida central
At five o'clock on the main avenue
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
But the people in the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Mandei plantar folhas de sonhos no jardim do solar
I sent to plant dream leaves in the garden of the manor
As folhas sabem procurar pelo sol
The leaves know how to seek the sun
E as raízes procurar, procurar
And the roots seek, seek
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
But the people of the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
These people of the dining room
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Are the people of the dining room
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
But the people of the dining room
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Are busy being born and dying
Essas pessoas da sala
These people of the room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
These people of the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Those people in the dining room
Essas pessoas da sala
Those people in the dining room
Me passa a salada pra mim, por favor
Please pass me the salad, if you will
O pão por favor, só mais um pedacinho
The bread please, just one more little piece
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Key vocabulary
- quis
- wanted
- cantar
- singA1
- canção
- songA2
- iluminada
- illuminated
- sol
- sunA1
- soltei
- released
- panos
- clothsA1
- sobre
- overA2
- mastros
- masts
- ar
- airA2
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About this song
Os Mutantes were a Brazilian rock band formed in São Paulo in 1966, associated with the Tropicália movement that fused Brazilian popular music with Anglo psychedelia, African rhythms, and musique concrète. They are known for their influential psychedelic rock sound and the 1968 debut album featuring “Bat Macumba” and “A Minha Menina,” with Rita Lee as a central vocalist.