Fair of the Fruit: Feira da Fruta

Our colleague Vitor Moura sent us this poem, by Banda Capote, which tells about a visit to one of the many fruit fairs that one can found around Brazil

I entered the fair of the fruit
To see what the fair of fruit had
It had banana, strawberry and orange
It just lacked the jack fruit of my honey

Fair of fruit is the most expensive fair
Where it only gives villains
There are the family-size fair
There are even the fair of the melon

Fair of fruit, ei Fair of fruit, ah x2

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I threw the dick in the cat: Atirei o pau no gato

To celebrate the children's month we decided to post some juvenile poems. This poem, particularly, is highly misunderstood. It was not supposed to be childish. In fact "I threw the dick in the cat" is probably the first homossexual poem published in Brazil in the dictatorship period. Its author is unknown. In this poem, the author tells the story of a man who had his first homossexual experiences with his housekeeper. In the first lines, he explains that he 'threw' the dick in the cat (in Brazil, cat [' gato '] is a slang for 'handsome man'). After throwing his dick on the handsome man, he saw that the man didn't died, but he screamed. He is detailed, though, about his wife Chica's reaction. The fact that the author is talking about his housekeeper was not noticed until recent researchers find out that when he emphatically repeats the last syllables of the last words, he says: dona chica-CA, admirou-se-SE,ber-RO. This syllables form the wor

The Chucklefuck from Mesquita: A Chatuba de Mesquita

As a developing country, Brazil has a strong contrast between social classes and groups. This social contrast also re percuss into the poetry scene. Groups coming from more humble neighborhoods decide to adopt local slangs and a more raw and aggressive way of expressing their feelings through words. The following piece was created by one of these groups, called Hurricane Two-Thousand . The title of this piece refers to the neighborhood of Chatuba, located in the district of Mesquita, in Rio de Janeiro. Chatuba is also a local slang, used as a verb ( i.e. I will chatubar the party! ) or as a noun ( i.e. This place is a chatuba ), meaning chuclefucking: a big messy and chaotic situation. Attention, Chucklefuck has arrived Let's crunk it up Sex machine I'd intercourse like an animal The Chucklefuck from Mesquita Of anal sex tram Playboy brat Anal sex funker The Chucklefuck from Mesquita Shags all the chicks We walk wearing Redleys We come to get women The Chucklefuck from Mes

Here comes the big black man: Lá vem o negão

Here comes the big black man is one of two major ancient Brazilian epic poems attributed to Cravo e Canela. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon. Indeed it is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature. It was probably composed near the end of the twentieth century AC, somewhere in Bahia. The poem mainly centers on the Brazilian hero Big Black Man (or Negão , as he was known in local myths) and his long journey home. Here comes de big black man Full of passion Pick you up Pick you up Pick you up Wanting to win all the little girls Not even the old ones he forgives, no Sniffed on the neck of the pretty brown girl Pick you up Pick you up Pick you up Little blonde girl who have been sniffed by the big black man Is a problem Little blonde who have been sniffed by the big black man Is a problem If nobody knew how to love you You can prepare yourself, the salvation has arrived Just happyness, you can dress up That the big black man has arrived

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