Baile de São Simão

These are the village parties in São Simão
Everyone dresses up for the occasion
And as we leave the church, I see the light!
You, in your white dress, bare-shouldered

And everyone talks, What shamelessness!
You don't enter God's house like that, Lord!
She must go to hell and burn well
For showing her shoulders to the Virgin Mother!

And all I think is that tonight there's a dance and you'll be there
If you come to mass like this, how do you leave to dance?
I put on cologne, I smell like jasmine
I pray that in the square you come close to me!

Spin, girl, and let your hair loose in the wind!
Dance, girl, and forget the world around you!
And I spin with you
And I dance with you!
When you spin, the dance takes on another color!

Another day dawns in S. Simão
Everyone wears new clothes for the procession
And in the right line, far from the cross
You go in your white dress, bare-shouldered

And everyone talks, What shamelessness!
With shame even the saint falls from the float!
The devil will take her, she will burn well
Even if she prays a thousand novenas to the Virgin Mother!

And all I think is that tonight there will be another dance
And I just want to follow the lightness of your steps
I take a bath, shave, and soak my hair in gel
I wait for you at the fair right by the carousel!