Portuguese Mistake

Original version (Portuguese):

“Erro de Português” by Oswald de Andrade; Primeiro caderno de poesia do aluno Oswald de Andrade (1925)

Quando o português chegou

Debaixo duma bruta chuva

Vestiu o índio

Que pena!

Fosse uma manhã de sol

O índio teria despido

O português


English version:

“Portuguese Mistake” translated by Leonardo Soboleswki Flores

When the Portuguese arrived

Under a brutal rain

He clothed the Indian

What a shame!

Had it been a sunny morning

The Indian would have unclothed

The Portuguese

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