Elis Regina's interpretation of 'Atras da Porta' by Chico Buarque/Francis Hime, in a scene from the DVD" Grandes Nomes ".
YouTube user translation:
When you looked straight into my eyes / And your gaze was of goodbye / I swear I didn't believe it, / I didn't recognize you / I leaned over your body and doubted / I crawled and scratched you / And I grabbed your hair / Your chest, your pajama .
At your feet, at the feet of the bed / Without caress, without cover / On the carpet behind the door / I whimpered weakly / And began to damn our home, / And to insult your name, to humiliate you / And get revenge at any cost / Loving you in reverse / Until proven that I'm still yours / Until proven I'm still yours.
When you looked straight into my eyes / And your gaze was of goodbye / I swear I didn't believe it, / I didn't recognize you / I leaned over your body and doubted / I crawled and scratched you / And I grabbed your hair / Your chest, your pajama .
At your feet, at the feet of the bed / Without caress, without cover / On the carpet behind the door / I whimpered weakly / And began to damn our home, / And to insult your name, to humiliate you / And get revenge at any cost / Loving you in reverse / Until proven that I'm still yours / Until proven I'm still yours.
..." There is a funny story that happened around then. Francis Hime had sent a series of songs for Elis to listen to. We listened to the recording, but none tickled our fancy. At the end of the tape, he told Elis to choose any one of them, and then started to sing a song that was in bits and pieces. It was clear that we liked that one. When we called him, he said that that song was over a year old, but that Chico Buarque had never finished the lyrics. We recorded it like that, and when the lyrics were missing, Elis hummed the melody. We sent the recording to Chico and he was enthralled: he finished the lyrics on the spot: the song was Atrás Da Porta."...
( Regina Escheverria " Furacao Elis " translated by Robert St Louis )
