Panis et Circenses Lyrics

Lyric discussion by junin 

Cover art for Panis et Circenses lyrics by Os Mutantes

"I wanted to sing a song enlightened by the sun I've left the clothes upon the flag poles in the air I've the tigers and lions out in the backyard But the people in the dinning room are busy at getting born and dying I ordered a pure-steel bright dagger to kill my love and i did at 5 o'clock on the central avenue But the people in the dinner room are busy at getting born and dying I ordered they to plant dream leaves in the solar garden the leaves know how to look for teh sun and the root, look for, look for but the people in the dinning room those people in the dinning room but the people in the dinning room are busy getting born and dying.

well, i tried to translate it... but as you can see, my english sucks hard. well, i tried... pretty good for a self-taught, huh? no? okay... ^^

dear junin, only 3.5 years late! your english is perfect, only it's "dining room", not "dinning room". thanks for your excellent translation!

@junin Great translation! I agree your English is much better than sucky! :-) Here is my translation. Just a few updates.

I wanted to sing a song filled with sunlight I set free sails into the air I set free tigers and the lions in the yard But the people in the dining room Are busy being born and dying I ordered a pure, bright steel dagger To kill my love, and I killed At 5 o’clock on Main Street But the people in the dining room Are busy being born and dying I planted herbs(??) in the greenhouse The leaves know how to find the sun And the roots search and...