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Geni And The Zeppelin

Chico Buarque

Geni Y El Zepelin

De los rengos y los tuertos
Del bajo fondo del puerto
Ella anduvo enamorada
Su cuerpo es de los errantes
Vagabundos y emigrantes,
De los que no tienen nada

Se entregaba desde niña
En garajes o cantinas,
Tras la pileta, en el monte
Reina de los prisioneros,
Las locas, los pordioseros,
Los gurises del asilo


A menudo a su cuidado
Hay viejitos deshauciados
Y viudas sin porvenir


Es buena como son pocas
Por eso la ciudad toda
Repitiendo ha de seguir:


Tírenle piedra a geni,
Tírenle piedra a geni
Hecha está para aguantar,
Hecha está para escupir,
Se entrega no importa a quién,
Maldita geni


Un dia surgió brillante
Entre las nubes fluctuante
Un enorme zepelín


Se paró en los edificios
Abrió unos mil orificios
Con mil cañones así


La ciudad toda espantada
Se quedó paralizada,
Casi se volvió jalea


Mas del zepelín gigante
Descendió el comandante
Diciendo - cambié de idea


Cuando vi en esta ciudad
Tanto horror e iniquidad
Resolví hacerla explotar


Mas puedo evitar el drama
Si es que aquella hermosa dama
De noche se entrega a mí


Esa dama era geni,
Mas no puede ser geni,
Hecha está para aguantar,
Hecha está para escupir,
Se entrega no importa a quién,
Maldita geni


Sin que se lo propusiera
De tan ingenua y sincera
Cautivó al forastero


El guerrero tan vistoso,
Tan temido y poderoso
Quedó de ella prisionero


Ocurre que la doncella
- y eso era secreto de ella -
Tenía también sus caprichos


Y a darse a hombre tan nobre,
Tan oliendo a brillo y cobre,
Prefería amar los bichos


Al oir tal herejía
La ciudad en romería
Su mano vino a besar


El prefecto de rodillas,
El obispo a hurtadillas,
El banquero y su millar


Anda con él, ve geni
Anda con él, ve geni,
La que nos puede salvar,
La que nos va a redimir,
Se entrega no importa a quién,
Bendita geni


Fueron tantos los pedidos,
Tan sinceros, tan sentidos,
Que ella dominó su asco


Esa noche lancinante
Entregóse a tal amante
Como quién se da al verdugu


Tanta suciedad él hizo
Relamiéndose de vicio
Hasta quedarse saciado


Y no bien amanecía
Partió en una nube fría
Con su zepelín prateado


Con un suspiro aliviado
Ella se acostó de lado
Y trató de sonreír


Mas luego al rayar el día
La ciudad en gritería
Ya no la dejó dormir


- tírenle piedra a geni,
Tírenle piedra a geni,
Hecha está para aguantar,
Hecha está para escupir
Se entrega no importa a quién,
Maldita geni

Geni And The Zeppelin

From the limping and the one-eyed
From the underworld of the port
She walked in love
Her body belongs to the wanderers
Vagabonds and emigrants,
Those who have nothing

She gave herself since she was a child
In garages or bars,
By the pool, in the mountains
Queen of the prisoners,
The crazy, the beggars,
The children from the asylum

Often in her care
There are abandoned old people
And widows with no future

She is good like few are
That's why the whole city
Will keep repeating:

Throw stones at Geni,
Throw stones at Geni
She is made to endure,
She is made to be spat on,
She gives herself to anyone,
Accursed Geni

One day a brilliant
Zeppelin emerged among the clouds
A huge zeppelin

It stopped at the buildings
Opened a thousand holes
With a thousand cannons like that

The whole city terrified
Remained paralyzed,
Almost turned into jelly

But from the giant zeppelin
Descended the commander
Saying - I changed my mind

When I saw in this city
So much horror and iniquity
I decided to make it explode

But I can avoid the drama
If that beautiful lady
Surrenders to me at night

That lady was Geni,
But she can't be Geni,
She is made to endure,
She is made to be spat on,
She gives herself to anyone,
Accursed Geni

Without even intending it
With such innocence and sincerity
She captivated the stranger

The warrior so showy,
So feared and powerful
Was left a prisoner of her

It happens that the maiden
- and that was her secret -
Also had her whims

And to give herself to a man so noble,
So smelling of shine and copper,
She preferred to love the bugs

Upon hearing such heresy
The city in pilgrimage
Came to kiss her hand

The prefect on his knees,
The bishop sneakily,
The banker and his thousand

Go with him, see Geni
Go with him, see Geni,
The one who can save us,
The one who will redeem us,
She gives herself to anyone,
Blessed Geni

There were so many requests,
So sincere, so heartfelt,
That she overcame her disgust

That agonizing night
She gave herself to such a lover
As one gives themselves to the executioner

He did so much filth
Relishing in vice
Until he was satisfied

And as soon as dawn broke
He left on a cold cloud
With his silver zeppelin

With a relieved sigh
She lay down on her side
And tried to smile

But then at daybreak
The city in uproar
Didn't let her sleep

- throw stones at Geni,
Throw stones at Geni,
She is made to endure,
She is made to be spat on
She gives herself to anyone,
Accursed Geni

Escrita por: Chico Buarque