O Ladrão Besta e o Ladrão Sabido

Who lives longer, the stupid thief or the clever one?
The fool dies quickly, but the clever one is guaranteed to survive

The clever thief says he only ever dresses well
Your watch is gold, your car is imported
Even when walking through the police, you still get greeted
If you see the stupid thief, he lives like a Bacurau
If you can't hear an alarm, you think it's the dog
Get out of here, you career pest, so you don't die in trouble

The clever thief says he eats a lot and doesn't get tired of it
He knows many countries and doesn't pay attention to trivial things
And only the finest silk enters his wardrobe
If you see a stupid thief, all he eats is potatoes
What he has in his house is bedbugs and cockroaches
Mosquito, fly, rat, and a mongrel dog

The clever thief says he only steals a lot of money
He steals today in Brazil, tomorrow he'll be stealing abroad
He stays in a five-star hotel and nobody knows his itinerary
If you see the stupid thief, he'll sleep even in the middle of the square
He steals a watch and sells it to buy cachaça
That when the police catch them, they go back to the same misery

If the clever thief dies, his funeral is filmed
It appears in newspapers and magazines and remains in a state of emergency for three days
And the wake fills up with white-collar thieves
A stupid thief, when he dies, has neither a candle nor a cross
He rots in the bushes, his body no one takes
And his body stinks, even from afar, to the vultures

The clever thief steals cars and planes
Kidnapper of rich man takes him to Japan
If the rich man wants his son, he has to pay a million
If you see the beastly thief, wake up early in the morning
He enters someone else's yard to steal a chicken
He is shot with a twelve-gauge shotgun through the kitchen door

The clever thief says he has a doctor and a lawyer
He lives in a mansion and lives very peacefully
Even to speak to him, you need permission
If you see the thieving beast when you have no means
Sleep even in the middle of the square in favelas and shacks
And when the police arrive, they knock the boards to the ground

The clever thief even says he has an amateur radio
Office phone, TV and computer
There are twenty more secretaries who value him highly
If you see the thief as a fool, he's worse than a sucker
He steals day and night, for him there are no set hours
If stealing is the answer, a baron would steal from anyone who earns a salary

The clever thief says he'll look for it wherever it's available
He steals but doesn't kill, and he always gets away with it
And whoever lives with him is a respectable citizen
If you see the thief, the beast lives with a dizzy head
In the neighborhood where he lives, he rarely gets into trouble
But when a robbery occurs, everyone points the finger at him

The clever thief says he has more than one maid
There's the one who cooks the food and the one who serves the ice water
One who washes your clothes and one who cleans the house
If you see the stupid thief on the day he's caught red-handed
He gets beaten so badly he ends up completely messed up
He doesn't have a penny in his pocket to pay for a lawyer

The clever thief says he goes to the park and to church
He goes to the club, he goes to the beach, he goes wherever he wants
And whoever is his friend gets money, whiskey, and beer
If you see the beastly thief, you have a bad life
Steal shoes, underwear, steal pants, braids, and linen
Many don't even reach the point of survival because men bring about their end

The clever thief says he lives with a full belly
He owns land and a farm and has nothing to worry about
When you get arrested and released, you don't spend a single day in jail
If you see the thieving beast, he walks around yellow and sick
When he steals a hundred cruzeiros, he goes to eat hot dogs
And the police arrive and shout, "You're under arrest again!"