Eduardo e Mônica [English translation]

Who will ever say that

the tricks the heart plays on us

Have a purpose?

And who will ever tell

The opposite, either?

Eduardo opened his eyes, did not feel like getting up

He didn't leave the bed, glanced at the clock to learn the time

All the while , Monica was drinking some brandy

Somewhere at "the other end of town", as they both usually called it

One day, Eduardo and Monica met each other casually

They struck up a long conversation, willing to know each other better

Some dude from Eduardo's prep school then said

"There'll be party later, we gonna get some fun"

"That's a weird party, loads of weird people"

"I'm not feeling well, can't take another drink", Eduardo says

Monica grins, and wants to know more about this dude

That was here trying to make an impression on her

And he, his head dizzy, just wants to go home

"Almost two in the morning, I'm in trouble with my folks"

Eduardo and Monica exchanged phone numbers

Later they rang each other, and decided to go dating

He suggests some snack bar

She wants to go for a Godard's movie, though

So, they met in a park in town

She comes in a motorcycle, he arrives in a bicycle

It felt a bit strange for him, "well, let it go", he thinks.

It's just that the girl wears the dyed hair

Eduardo and Monica were worlds apart

He was a Leo and 16

She was studying Medicine and speaks German fluently

He, on the other hand, was still taking crappy English classes

She was fond of Bandeira, Bauhaus

Van Gogh, Os Mutantes, Caetano and Rimbaud

He was a fan of soap-operas,

And used to play button soccer with his grandpa

She often talked about the political scene in Brasilia

And also, about mystical affairs and meditation

He, on the contrary, could not go any further than his

"School-movies-clubs-TV" routine would allow

And despite all this difference, suddenly,

They got an urge to be close to each other

Then, they went on seeing themselves daily

And that urge grew stronger and stronger, just as it is supposed to be

Eduardo and Monica took classes of swimming, photography

Acting, handcrafting and decided to go traveling

She used to explain to him carefully general facts

About the skies, the planet, the water and the air.

Later, he gets himself started on drinking, lets his hair grow longer

And decides to look for a job

And imagine that, she graduates on the same month

He passes the admission test

And they celebrate it together

And also quarrel, always together, times and times later

And everybody says he is the other half of hers

And vice-versa, like beans and rice

They have built their house two years ago

Nearly by the time their twins were born

And fought earnestly to make money, managing to handle

The hardest time they had had

And so, Eduardo and Monica have come back to Brasilia

And, every summer, I miss those good times we had together

But they are not going to travel this year

Because their little boy will take the summer school

Ah! Ahan!

Who will ever say that

the tricks the heart plays on us

Have a purpose?

And who will ever tell

The opposite, either?