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Miracle of the Arrow

Moacyr Franco

Milagre da Flecha

Era alta madrugada
Já cansado da jornada
Eu voltava pro meu lar

Quando apareceu no escuro
Me encostando contra o muro
Um ladrão pra me assaltar

Com o revólver no pescoço
Eu expliquei pro moço
Tenho filho pra criar

Sou arrimo de família
Leva tudo, me humilha
Mas não queira me matar

Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria

Mas o homem sem piedade
Um escravo da maldade
Começou me maltratar

Pra ver se eu tinha medo
Antes de puxar o dedo
Ele me mandou rezar

Eu nunca tinha rezado
Eu que era só pecado
Implorei por salvação

Elevei meu pensamento
Descobri nesse momento
O que é ter religião

Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria

Um clarão apareceu
Minha vista escureceu
E o bandido desmaiou

E morreu, não teve jeito
Com uma flecha no peito
Sem saber quem atirou

Nesta hora a gente grita
Berra, chora e acredita
Que o milagre aconteceu

De joelho na calçada
Perguntei com voz cansada
Quem será que me atendeu?

Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria

Já estava amanhecendo
A alegria me aquecendo
Quando entrei na catedral

Cada santo que eu via
Eu de novo agradecia
E jurava ser leal

Veja o santo de passagem
Não me toque nas imagens
Me avisou o sacristão

Pois lá ninguém explicava
Uma flecha que faltava
Na imagem de São Sebastião

Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria
Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria

Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria
Ave Maria, aleluia
Ave Maria

Miracle of the Arrow

It was the middle of the night
Already tired from the journey
I was going back home

When it appeared in the dark
Leaning against the wall
A thief trying to rob me

With the revolver to his neck
I explained it to the young man
I have a child to raise

I am the breadwinner of my family
Take everything, humiliate me
But don't try to kill me

Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary

But the merciless man
A slave to evil
He started mistreating me

To see if I was scared
Before pulling the finger
He told me to pray

I had never prayed before
I, who was nothing but sin
I begged for salvation

I raised my thoughts
I discovered it at that moment
What does it mean to have a religion?

Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary

A flash appeared
My vision went dark
And the bandit fainted

And he died, there was no way around it
With an arrow in the chest
Without knowing who shot

At this time we shout
Scream, cry, and believe
That the miracle happened

Kneeling on the sidewalk
I asked in a tired voice
Who could have answered my call?

Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary

It was already dawn
Joy warming me
When I entered the cathedral

Every saint I saw
I thanked them again
And he swore to be loyal

See the saint in passing
Don't touch the pictures!
The sacristan warned me

Because nobody there explained anything
A missing arrow
In the image of Saint Sebastian

Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary

Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, hallelujah
Hail Mary

Escrita por: Marcos Silvestre, Moacyr Franco