ZP_Maria Bethânia (born 1946), shown here at the age of 21, is a Brazilian singer and sister of Caetano Veloso
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“Sin” / “Pecado”
Composer / Compositor: Carlos Bahr (Tango lyricist / Letrista de tango, 1902-1984, Buenos Aires, Argentina), with / con: Armando Pontier & Enrique Francini
As sung by / Cantada por: Maria Bethânia (from her album / de su álbum Pássaro Proibido, 1976)
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I know not
whether this is forbidden;
if there’ll be forgiveness;
or if I’ll be carried to the brink of the abyss.
All that I know:
This is Love.
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I know not
whether this Love is a sin;
if punishment awaits;
or if it disrespects all the decent laws
of humankind and of God.
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All that I know: it’s a Love which stuns my Life
like a whirlwind; and
that I crawl, yes crawl, straight to your arms
in a blind passion.
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And This is stronger than I am, than my Life,
my beliefs, my sense of duty.
It’s even stronger within me than
the fear of God.
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Though it may be sin – how I want you,
yes, I want you all the same.
And even if everyone denies me that right,
I will seize hold of this Love.
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Yo no sé
Si es prohibido
Si no tiene perdón
Si me lleva al abismo
Sólo se que es amor
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Yo no sé
Si este amor es pecado
Si tiene castigo
Si es faltar a las leyes honradas
Del hombre y de Dios
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Sólo sé que me aturde la vida
Como un torbellino
Que me arrastra y me arrastra a tus brazos
En ciega pasión
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Es más fuerte que yo que mi vida
Mi credo y mi sino
Es más fuerte que todo el respeto
Y el temor a Dios
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Aunque sea pecado te quiero
Te quiero lo mismo
Aunque todo me niegue el derecho
Me aferro a este amor.
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“After having you” / “Depois de ter você ”
Composer / Composição: Adriana Calcanhotto (born in / nascida em 1965, Porto Alegre, Brasil)
As sung by / Cantada por: Maria Bethânia (from her album / em seu álbum Maricotinha, 2001)
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After having you,
What reason is there to think of time,
how many hours have passed or remain?
If it’s night or if it’s warm out,
If we’re in summertime;
If the sun will show its face or not?
Or even what reason might a song like this serve?
After knowing you
– Poets? what’s the use of them?
Or of Gods – What purpose Doubts?
– Almond trees along the streets,
even the very streets themselves –
After having had You?
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Depois de ter você,
Para que querer saber que horas são?
Se é noite ou faz calor,
Se estamos no verão,
Se o sol virá ou não,
Ou pra que é que serve uma canção como essa?
Depois de ter você, poetas para quê?
Os deuses, as dúvidas,
Para que amendoeiras pelas ruas?
Para que servem as ruas?
Depois de ter você.
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Traducción/interpretación en inglés / Translation-interpretation from Spanish into English: Alexander Best
Tradução/interpretação em inglês / Translation-interpretation from Portuguese into English: Alexander Best
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ZP_Maria Bethânia in 2010
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