Os vampiros
José Afonso| English Traslation by Phil Meyler | |
| THE VAMPIRES In the grey sky under the speechless moon flapping their wings in the silent night they come by packs at a velvety pace to suck fresh blood from the flock. They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. The vampires come from everywhere, they alight on roofs and on pavements… They got old spoils in their filled bellies, nothing can nail them to broken lives. They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. Someone is deceived by their serious look and lets them in when they come: They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. The vanquished fall to the ground with fear, cries are heard in the choked night. Victims of an idea lie dead in the dikes, and there's always fresh blood of a flock. They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. They are the masters of the universe, lords by the force, rulers without law, they fill up barns and drink new wine, they dance the rondeau in the king's pinewood. They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. Someone is deceived by their serious look and lets them in when they come: They eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. they eat up everything, eat up everything, they eat up everything and don't leave anything. | THE VAMPIRES In the grey sky Below the silent stair wings In the still night They come in bands With velvet feet Sucking fresh blood From the herd. Let no-one be fooled By their serious manner And open them The doors on their arrival. They eat everything They eat everything They eat everything And leave nothing. To everywhere The vampires arrive They perch in buildings They perch in the streets They bring in their pouches Old spoils But nothing binds them To the vanishing lives. They are the stewards Of the whole universe Masters by force Commanders without laws. They fill their barns And drink the new wine They dance the round dance In the king’s pine forest. They eat everything They eat everything They eat everything And leave nothing. On the ground of fear The vanquished tumble We hear the screams In the sweltry night. They lie in the cesspools Victims of their beliefs And nothing drains away The blood of the herd. Let no-one be fooled By their serious manner And open them The doors on their arrival. They eat everything They eat everything They eat everything And leave nothing. |
