Ano de 1890 [English translation]

I walk around Downtown

Remembering the old times

While I see you wander

Watering the sidewalk

An old man has his beard cut

The night falls and he tells poetry

Drinks some wine while listening to the choros playing

I dropped by, Mr. Zé wasn't there

Brás Cubas's memories were posthumous 1

While I saw Helena going to her tea house

Slowly, the tram stops on the square

It still bears the delicacy

It makes us become a flower stall

Releasing smiles in the air

1. This verse's original Portuguese lyrics mention the book "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas", wrote by Machado de Assis.