Quando o Carnaval Chegar [English translation]

Who sees me always standing,

Distant guarantees that I do not know how to dance samba . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I am only watching, knowing,

Feeling, hearing and I cannot speak . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I see the legs of tableware

Of the young woman who passes and that I cannot capture . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

How much time I have desired her kiss

Wet with passion fruit . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

And whoever offends me, humiliating me, stepping all over me,

Thinking that I will put up with it . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

And whoever sees me grasping at life,

Doubts that I will retaliate . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I see the streak of light emerging,

Asking people to sing . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I have so much joy, postponed,

Stuffed inside, I wish I could scream . . .

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives

I am saving myself for when Carnaval arrives . . .

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Quando o Carnaval Chegar