A Mocidade da Gente Passa Ligeiro Demais
Vavá Machado e Léo Costa
Our Youth Passes Too Quickly
It would be very important
If time didn't pass
Old age didn't arrive
No one would change
Always staying young
But our vital forces
The march of time does
Suddenly transform
Our youth
Passes too quickly
The storm of years
Took my childhood
Old age appeared
Bringing disappointments
The wonderful plans
Of my youthful days
Of my time as a young man
I only have memories
Our youth
Passes too quickly
I remember the first shoes
I wore as a boy
High heels, pointed toes
I bought because they were cheap
Because those born in the countryside
Are content with little
Today nostalgia brings
My past to the present
Our youth
Passes too quickly
The young person of fifteen
Or eighteen years old
Enjoy your youth
Live life, make plans
Avoid tyrannical means
Don't seek banal vices
To peacefully enjoy
The beauties of the present
Our youth
Passes too quickly
