Cálice

Chico Buarque

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Album:

Chico Buarque (1978)

Originaltext

Portugiesisch

Übersetzung

Englisch

Cálice

Chalice

Father, move this chalice1 away from me

Father, move this chalice away from me

Of red wine, of blood

How to drink this bitter drink

Swallow the pain, swallow the toil?

Even when the mouth is shut, there is the chest

You can't hear the silence in the night

What good is it for me to be son of the saint?

I'd rather be the son of the other2

Another reality, less dead

So many lies, such brute force

How hard it is to wake up silent

If in the silence of the night I go crazy

I want to scream inhumanly

Because it is a way of being heard

All this silence stuns me

Stunned, I remain watchful

At the bench so that at any moment

I can see the monster emerge from the pond

The pig is so fat it doesn't walk anymore

The knife is so used it doesn't cut anymore

How hard it is, father, to open the door

This word stuck in my throat

This homeric hangover in the world

What good is it for me all this goodwill?

Even when the chest is shut, there is the mind

Of the drunk people downtown

Maybe the world is not small

Nor life a consummated fact

I want to invent my own sin

I want to die from my own poison

I want to lose at once your head

My head lose your sense

I want to smell diesel smoke

Intoxicate myself until they

forget me

1. "cálice", in the original song, sounds a lot like "cale-se", which means "shut up"
2. 'other' in this case = mistress

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juciaramrodrigues

submitted on 27 Sep 2014 - 03:52

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Kommentare des Autors:

A little context: this song (like many of Chico's songs) was written during the brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985), a very dark time in Brazil's history. Artists where constantly censored (and sometimes even tortured or exiled) by the military, so many of them found ways to disguise their real thoughts and opinions into their songs, like in this case (using the word "cálice" [chalice]), to simbolize the feeling of impotence and constant silencing. Music was a very powerful way of expressing their thoughts and keeping up the hope of the people, especially at music festivals. Other songs from that time: also by Chico: "Roda Viva", "Apesar de Você", "A Banda". By Geraldo Vandré: "Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei Das Flores". By Ivan Lins: "Aos Nossos Filhos". Etc.