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Jan 24, 2022 12:33
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QUEM FAZ UM FILHO, FÁ-LO POR GOSTO

português para inglês Outra Gíria
Corpo de linho
Lábios de mosto
Meu corpo lindo
Meu fogo posto
Eira de milho
Luar de Agosto
Quem faz um filho
Fá-lo por gosto

https://www.letras.mus.br/simone-de-oliveira/538277/

I want to keep the idea that this was scandalous in the 60s in Portugal, but was sung with 'garra'
Proposed translations (inglês)
4 +2 ...Moonlight / If we lie together / We do it with delight
3 WHO WANTS A CHILD, IS JUST FOR LOVE
3 some lovers make a love child.
2 Moonlight in August, a child is made, out of lovers' gust

Discussion

Mario Freitas Jan 25, 2022:
Using Johnathan's suggestion, as rhyming moonlight with delight sounds perfect for the poem. So I"m not making a new entry. I'm not sure you're trying to keep the cadence/step of the poem, in which case this would not work, but how about:
"August moonlight
if the outcome is a child
it is surely pure delight"
Ana Vozone Jan 24, 2022:
@Douglas What about something with "making a child" and including "hot" and "fun"? I really can't think of anything better ...
Douglas Bissell (asker) Jan 24, 2022:
@Ana I don't. The phrase is taken from this song but is used in isolation as the title of a programme. It is discussed later in the text but only with reference to the title, not anything else in the song. I was thinking along the lines of 'a child is made by making love' or something equally salacious :-)
Ana Vozone Jan 24, 2022:
@Douglas How did you translate the lines preceding your question?

Proposed translations

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...Moonlight / If we lie together / We do it with delight

Considering the rhyme pattern, and the fact that the previous verse will probably end in something along the lines of "autumn moonlight" or "summer moonlight", I think this is a good option.
Peer comment(s):
agree Mario Freitas : Yes, moolight with delight is perfect. How about "August moonlight / if the outcome is a child / it is surely pure delight"
8 horas
agree Cláudia Pinheiro Pereira
19 horas
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WHO WANTS A CHILD, IS JUST FOR LOVE

:) An idea
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2 horas

some lovers make a love child.

Some lovers throw all caution to the wind and end up making a love child. i.e., unmarried people who have sex without using any contraception, so that a child is born out of wedlock, as a result. But they might even want to do it at some level.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love child
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10 horas

Moonlight in August, a child is made, out of lovers' gust

It's difficult to suggest anything without knowing if you intend to rhyme "filho" and "milho" in your translation.

Whatever the case,
Gust: sudden outburst, keen delight, a sudden expression of emotion, a rush of wind

The rhyme is quite poor, but then so is the original one.
Reference:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gust

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/gust_1?q=gust

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