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Saturday, April 03, 2004

Tupi or not tupi - This is the question

Oswald de Andrade

tupiErro de português

Quando o português chegou
Debaixo duma bruta chuva
Vestiu o índio
Que pena! Fosse uma manhã de sol
O índio tinha despido
O português

Loose translation:
Portuguese mistake

When the portuguese arrived
Under heavy rain
He clothed the indian
What a pity! Had it been a sunny morning
The indian would have unclothed
The portuguese