Vila Esperança

Hope Village, that's where I spent
My first carnival
Hope Village, that's where I met
Maria Rosa, my first love

How happy I was, in that February
Because everything to me was first
First rose, first hope
First carnival, first child love

In a turn around the hall she looked at me
I wrapped her body in streamers
And I had the joy that every Pierrot has
To see that he discovered his Colombina

The carnival passed, took my rose
Took my hope, took the child love
Took my Maria, took my joy
Took the fantasy, only left a memory