Minha infancia brasileira (translation below)

Just turn 18 and I'm feeling kinda nostalgic towards my childhood, especially the part of it I spent in Brazil

O feliz infancia que passei

soltando pipa na rua de casa, catando

as que caiam no quintal, nunca pensei

que tudo isto hoje tanto estaria me faltando.

Poucos trocados compravam minha alegria:

Uma bala, um chiclete, um doce qualquer

p'ra loja do tio Beto sorrindo eu ia

ja saboriando os doces que ia escolher.

Cresci escutando as musicas de Sandy e Junior,

doces melodias que ensinam nossa alma a amar,

nao certo funk ou musica ainda pior !

Musicas hoje ensinam as crianças somente a xingar !

Quanto era facil a vida na minha infancia !

um simples pedido "quer ser meu amigo?", tudo resolvia.

TRANSLATION

Title: My Brazilian childhood

O happy childhood I spent

flying kites in my home street, collecting

the ones fallen in my backyard, I've never thought

I'd miss all of these so much nowadays.

A few change used to buy my happiness,

a candy, a buble gum or any other sweet-stuff,

to uncle Beto's shop I used to go smiling,

already imagining the candies I was going to buy.

I was raised listening to Sandy and Junior's songs,

sweet melodies that teach our souls to love,

not funk* nor any worst music !

Music nowadays teaches children only to swear !

How easy my life was during my childhood !

a simple question "do you want to be my friend?" everything solved.

Funk = I'm not talking about the North American one, I have nothing against it ! I'm talking about the brazilian funk which is a very rude kind of music that just like 99.99999999999% of Brazilians, I hate ! Sadly kids are starting to listen to it :(

Author's Note

Ok, so ... it's written in Shakespearean sonnet scheme (3 quatrains, 1 couplet: ABABCDCDEFEFGG), hope you liked it :)
I'm seriously paying more attention next time, I'm writing too much in Portuguese :( That's unfair towards Italian and English !! Next 5 poems will be written in a language different from Portuguese !!

Reviews

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

I do like how in your Author's Note you like to use Shakespearean schemes, as well as different languages. As for the poem, it brought back some memories of my own childhood to me. I could agree about the music, and the way that there is music that can tell a story in lyrics without foul language such as the opposite that does use foul language. I really like the last line:
"a simple question "do you want to be my friend?" everything solved."

[Krista Weiss]

Really great poem!!! Amazing job! :)

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlande..]

brazilian funk sounds like bad rap music
this piece has s subtle flow that you have to slow down to appreciate
like a breeze you shouldn't fight with

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thank you :)
Yeah, Brazilian funk is definitely something no one should hear

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

is it at least fun to play congas to?

[外人 (Gaijin)]

never heard congas in it, sorry xD
By the way, percussion instruments are way more used in "pagode" (another brazilian genre, this one is way better to hear !), some songs are just rhythm ("batucadas")

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR8XogZ1VJU like this? I have some interesting percussion vinyls..i don't listen or practice to it nearly enough, though

[外人 (Gaijin)]

yes, exactly like that :)

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

I have a friend who met a drum maker who lived on a mountain in south america..I have to ask her who and where, because my memory is bad at the moment

[quinfinn]

oh, i found this so entertaining. i love the nuances of childhood memories and the references to modern "music" as profane and gutteral! right on point!

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx =D Well, believe me, american modern "music" (ahah) is still aceptable, Brazilian funk is something that should be censored !!

[quinfinn]

i shudder to think!

[外人 (Gaijin)]

At the beginning it was the music of the slums, sadly nowadays you can listen it even in uptown clubs :( Of course there are some good funk songs but they are 1 in a million !

[Leslie Philibert]

Le parisien is an excellent poet, I really admire his fluency in so many languages. Apart from English I just speak passable German and some fragments of awful French.
Anyway, a fine poem. ( I like Funk, especially from the 70s and 80s, but I understand you are talking about something special from Brazil, which I`ve never heard)

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thank you =D You always make me feel like a star !!
Yeah, it's not even the same genre, honestly I don't even know why they use the same name :(

[Enid Blake]

A pleasant nostalgic poem, which most readers can identify with!
Life indeed was so simple in the playground - with the benefit of hindsight of course :)

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I remember those days lol. Now we are wise old bards lollol

[Ahmad Cox]

I have to admit I love and completely agree with you. I have to admit I am a fan of the american funk because its usually just fun and you can't help but dance but a lot of the music these days for kids is garbage and has no meaning and is over sexualized and full of swear words as well

[MandaBear]

I liked this very much! 100%

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the flow of thoughts in the entertaining poem.
"How easy my life was during my childhood !
a simple question "do you want to be my friend?" everything solved."
Your poetry always positive and fill with hope. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thank you :) I'm glad you liked it ! The key is to try to stay always positive, no? ;)