Canção Pra Ti [English translation]

For wanting you with all my heart

I need to write a song for you

A beautiful song to be loved

Like a goal, a pass by Neymar

Like a step given by Grupo Corpo on the air

Like Jaques Morelenbaum's cello

Mano Brown's rhythm and rhyme

In each sentence, stanza and chorus

Am I able to write such a song?

I hope it has something in excess or something amazing

Like a play and an act by Zé Celso

Like a poem by Augusto de Campos

Like a rock composed by Arnaldo Antunes

Let it be played on our iPods and iTunes

And let it be funny like Zé Simão

Am I able to write such a song?

Which will make investing in neurons worth its price

Like Antonio Ermírio's cement

Like a Helio Eichbauer scenery

With a verse-power, like an erect penis

Like a thought of Antonio Cícero

Antônio Houaiss' dictionary

Let it make the Sun rise in your heart

Am I able to write such a song?

That would reveal how good I am in "mots et son"

Like Gisele Bundchen on the runway

Like a photo taken by Bob Wolfenson

Like Rogério Duarte's behavior

Like an essay by Risério, Antonio

Like a mixture of mystery and lighting

Am I able to write such a song?

That will shine in a poem like a laser

Like Marcelo Gleiser's science

Like Mãe Carmen do Gantois' axé

B.K.S. Iyengar's breath and yoga

And Kikuchi's keyword

I wish someone else listens to it paying attention

Am I able to write such a song?

That makes people happy and emotive in its climax

Like the films by Pedro Almodovar

Like Pina Bausch's Tanztheater

Like Mangueira1 parading

Like Ilê Ayê going on the parade

And the unstopping desire, it won't stop

Am I able to write such a song?

One that won't have anything unclear or clumsy

Like an article by Francisco Bosco

Like a dress print by Alberto Pitta

Like João Miguel in the stage

And with Luiz Schwarcz as the editor

Along with all the parts in the relation

Am I able to write such a song?

One that will be great, loud, rich and fancy

Like a book written by Miguel Wisnik

And the fashion during São Paulo Fashion Week

I hope it stays on YouTube and is remixed

And that pass like everything but stays

I really want you, with such a desire

One that is capable of making me able to write such a song

1. Samba school in Rio de Janeiro