Maria Lisboa

É varina, usa chinela,
Tem movimentos de gata
Na canastra, a caravela,
No coração, a fragata
Em vez de corvos no xaile
Gaivotas vêm pousar
Quando o vento a leva ao baile,
Baila no baile com o mar
É de conchas o vestido
Tem algas na cabeleira
E nas veias o latido
Do motor duma traineira
Vende sonho e maresia,
Tempestades apregoa,
Seu nome próprio - maria,
Seu apelido - lisboa
Sprzedawczyni ryb, w klapkach
w ruchach podobna do kota
Kosz ryb jak karawela
Ale w sercu fregata
Zamiast kruków na welonie
Mewy przybyły odpocząć
Gdy wiatr zaprasza do tańca
Tanczy go z morzem
Z morskich muszli ma sukienkę
I wodorosty we wosach
A w jej żyłach warczy
Silnik starego trawlera
Sprzedaje sny i sól morską
Ogłasza sztormy co idą
Jej pierwsze imię Maria
A na nazwisko Lisboa
(she) is a varina (1), and wears chinela (2)
she) moves like a cat
In the basket, (she carries) the caravel
in her heart, (she carries) the frigate
Instead of ravens on the shawl
sea-gulls came to lay down.
When the wind takes her to the ball
(she) dances at the ball with the see.
(her) dress is made of shells
(she) has sea**** on her hair
And in her veins, (has) the bark
of the engine of a traineira (4).
(she) sells dreams and the smell of the sea
(she) announces (5) storms
her first name: Maria
Her surname: Lisboa
1 - Varina: a woman that sells fish
2 - Chinela : old shoe, a kind of slipper
3 - Canastra: a basket of thin strips of wood. The women carried this kind of basket,sometimes on their heads, when they went on to the streets to sell fish
4 - Traineira: traditional boat for fishing
5 - Apregoa/announces: the verb is apregoar – to announce with a cry (the women did it to announce the fish they were selling)
Raven: this is the symbol of Lisbon, because of the legend of Saint Anthony.