Bossa Muffin [O viajante] [English translation]

In a rainy day, he said:

"You have to, tempt your fate,

be brave."

With an iron will, oh oh…1

Tempt your fate*

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

I tempt my fate

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

I tempt my fate

It’s not worth to explain it.

You’ll think he is just a vagrant

that decided to get a life, travel and know the world.

It’s not worth to explain it,

I tell you what he’s got, he’s got one of those deep mysteries,

which he learned by force in the woods

with a Guarani Indian of the Third World.

He went to Africa, saw (visited) Bangladesh,

slept with the Ganesha God.

He got intrigued and decided to see with his own eyes a rainbow.

He says that this trip helped him learn about unknown people,

who told him that mankind is its own enemy.

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

I tempt my fate

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

I tempt my fate

He met archaic, new-innovated2

and some forgotten people

who took him to a bamboo hut

in a lost place.

And you have to adapt and eat everything they offer,

and give thanks to the day by saying a prayer.

And, after so many trips, he decides that he has to slow down

he’s ready to settle down and find someone to teach.

In a rainy day, he came across

a boy in the street and taught him,

taught him the prayer that he must always recite.

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

I tempt my fate

I manage to achieve (things)

with an iron will.

If I walk the line, who will be able to, to damage me?3

I tempt my fate, who will be able to, to damage me?

If I walk the line, who will be able to, to damage me?

I tempt my fate, who will be able to, to damage me?

Faith is my shield

(Who'll be able to, to damage me?)

I cling to the truth

(Who'll be able to, to damage me?)

The faith is my shield

(Who'll be able to, to damage me?)

I cling to the truth

(Who'll be able to, to damage me?)

It was a rainy day, (when0 he told me I had to be brave

and have an iron will.

And you have to tempt your fate.

Tempt your fate.

Ohh... oh...

1. Thanks Vimto who helped me find a good expression for 'braço forte', I was going to translate it literally (strong arm) but 'iron will' makes much more sense.2. New-innovated is just like what is in the song, the interpretation is up to you ;)3. Nobody can tell you're wrong if you do right things and act accordingly.

• Artist:Flavia Coelho
• Album:Bossa Muffin