The Women Are Worse Than the Men

As Mulheres São Piores Que os Homens

The Women Are Worse Than the Men

Era uma vez um velho que morava em Kellyburn braesNow there was an old man lived at Kellyburn braes
E ele tinha uma esposa que era a praga dos seus dias.And he had a wife was he plague of his days.

O diabo veio até o homem no arado,The divil he came to the man at the plough,
Dizendo: "Um dos seus eu preciso levar agora."Saying, "One of your family I must take now."

Disse ele: "Meu bom homem, vim buscar sua esposa,Said he, "My good man, I've come for your wife,
Pois ouvi que ela é a praga e tormento da sua vida,"For I hear she's the plague and torment of your life,"

Então o diabo a colocou nas costas,So the divil he hoisted her up on his back,
E chegou na porta do Inferno com um estrondo,And landed at Hell's hall-door with a crack,

Havia dois diabinhos brincando com correntes,There were two little divils a playing with chains,
Ela pegou seu bastão e estourou os miolos deles.She upp'd with her stick, and knocked out their brains.

Dois outros diabos olharam por cima da paredeThere were two other divils looked over the wall
E disseram: "Levem-na embora ou ela vai nos matar todos."They said,"Take her away or she'll murder us all."

Então o diabo a colocou nas costas,So the divil he hoisted her up on his back,
E voltou correndo para o velho com a carga.And back to the old man hurried the pack.

Eles levaram sete anos e nove para voltar,They were seven years going and nine coming back,
E ela ainda pediu as sobras que deixou na panela.Yet she asked for the scrapings she left in the pot.

Disse ele: "Meu bom homem, aqui está sua esposa de volta,Said he, "My good man, here's your wife back again,
Pois ela não se deixaria prender, nem mesmo no Inferno!"For she wouldn't be kept, not even in Hell!

Agora, eu fui um diabo a maior parte da minha vida,Now, I've been a divil the most of my life,
Mas nunca estive no Inferno até encontrar sua esposa,"But I ne'er was in Hell till I met with your wife,"

Então é verdade que as mulheres são piores que os homens,So it's true that the women are worse than the men,
Pois desceram ao Inferno e foram jogadas de volta.For they went down to Hell and were threw out again.