Jardim [Jardin d'hiver] [English translation]

I would just like some green sun

Some mangoes and some jasmine1

And a lot of ribbon tape2

Right here, in my garden

I would like some ivory charms

To keep all that's bad away

To breathe out quack remedy3

Right here, in my garden

The rain's falling

Inundating the plants

From the same sky

You came down to me from

Time flies by

Just like it used to do4

Nobody else, but us two

I would like to hear the birds5

Whistling some Tom Jobim's tunes6

To have endless waterfalls7

Right here, in my garden

I would like some rosemary8

And your Diadorim beauty9

To hear you say "Yes" to me10

Right here, in my garden

I would like some satin

Dicksonia sellowiana's fern11

To hear you say "Yes" to me10

Right here, in my garden

1. lit. "sprouts of mango and jasmine"2. see "Bonfim wish ribbons"3. lit. "to breathe perlimpimpim"4. lit. "like it did before"5. lit. "would like to hear a bird"6. lit. "whistling Tom Jobim"7. lit. "a waterfall and endless sea"8. lit. "would like the smell of rosemary"9. reference to João Guimarães Rosa's character "Diadorim"10. a. b. lit. "and hear you say "yes"11. lit. "a ferm from Xaxim." see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaxim. Here, probably a direct reference to the fern nicknamed "xaxim" instead. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicksonia_sellowiana