The Hand Song

A Canção da Mão

The Hand Song

O menino só queria dar algo à mãe,The boy only wanting to give mother something,
E todas as suas rosas tinham florescido.And all of her roses had bloomed.

Olhando para ele enquanto ele entrava correndo,Looking at him as he came rushing in,
sem saber que suas rosas estavam condenadas.without knowing her roses were doomed.

Tudo que ela podia ver eram alguns espinhos enterrados,All she could see were some thorns buried deep,
E as lágrimas que ele chorou enquanto ela cuidava de suas feridas.And tears that he cried as she tended his wounds.

E ela sabia que era amor, era o que ela podia entender.And she knew it was love, it was what she could understand.
Ele estava mostrando seu amor e foi assim que machucou as mãos.He was showing his love and that's how he hurt his hands.

Ele ainda se lembra daquela noite, quando era criança, no colo da mãe.He still remembers that night as a child, on his mothers knee.
Ela o segurou perto e abriu sua Bíblia, e começou a ler em voz baixa.She held him close and she opened her Bible, and quietly started to read.

Então, ao ver uma imagem de Jesus, ele gritou:Then seeing a picture of Jesus, he cried out:
"Mamãe, ele tem algumas cicatrizes como eu!""Mama he's got some scars just like me!"

E ele sabia que era amor, era o que ele podia entender.And he knew it was love, it was what he could understand.
Ele estava mostrando seu amor, e foi assim que machucou as mãos.He was showing his love, and that's how he hurt his hands.

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Agora o menino cresceu e saiu para viver sozinho.Now the boy is grown and moved out on his own.
Quando o Tio Sam aparece.When Uncle Sam comes along.
Um caso no exterior, mas nossos jovens estão lá.A foreign affair, but our young men are there.
E a sorte tinha seu número sorteado.And luck had his number drawn.

Não demorou muito até que nosso herói se foi, ele deu a um amigo o que aprendeu na cruz.It wasn't that long till our hero was gone, he gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.

Mas eles sabiam que era amor, era algo que podiam entender.But they knew it was love, it one they could understand.
Ele estava mostrando seu amor, e foi assim que machucou as mãos.He was showing his love, and that's how he hurt his hands.

Era algo que podiam entender.It was one they could understand.

Ele estava mostrando seu amor, e foi assim que machucou as mãos.He was showing his love, and that's how he hurt his hands.