Pedro Pedreiro [English translation]

Pedro the thinker mason waiting for the train

Morning, it seems, won't wait too

For the good of those who have good, those who don't have coin

Pedro the mason stays like that thinking

Thinking like that, time passes by and leaves us behind

Waiting, waiting, waiting

Waiting for the sun

Waiting for the train

Waiting for a raise since last year for the next month's pay

Pedro the thinker mason waiting for the train

Morning, it seems, won't wait too

For the good of those who have good, those who don't have coin

Pedro the mason waits for the Carnival

And for a lucky federal lottery ticket every month

Waiting, waiting, waiting

Waiting for the sun

Waiting for the train

Waiting for a raise for the next month's pay

Waiting for a party, waiting for luck

And Pedro's wife is expecting a son to wait too

Pedro the thinker mason waiting for the train

Morning, it seems, won't wait too

For the good of those who have good, those who don't have coin

Pedro the mason is waiting for death

Or waiting for the day to return to the North

Pedro doesn't know, but maybe deep inside

He waits for something grander than the world

Larger than the sea

But why dream if it leads to

The despair of waiting too much

Pedro the mason wants to go back

Wants to be a poor mason and nothing more

Without waiting, waiting, waiting

Waiting for the sun

Waiting for the train

Waiting for a raise for the next month's pay

Waiting for a son to wait too

Waiting for a party, waiting for luck

Waiting for death, waiting for the North

Waiting for the day of waiting for no one

Waiting, at last, for nothing more

Than the pained, blessed, endless hope of a train's whistle

Pedro the mason mason waiting

Pedro the mason mason waiting

Pedro the mason mason waiting for the train

That's just coming

Just coming

Just coming

Just coming

Just coming

Just coming

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Chico Buarque de Hollanda (1966)