Translation - Lençóis de Algodão Egípcio (Portaingéilis (na Brasaíle))

What's the meaning of What are fools?
Like Goncin Said: Is it an idiom?

CC: kafetzou Una Smith

No, it's not an idiom. I don't know what it means - maybe it's a continuation of the line before: "I'll wait and see what are fools," but that doesn't make much sense either.

Weird...

This song is a pastiche of idiomatic phrases. There are several in English involving "fools". A fool can be (1) someone who is easily deceived, (2) a jester / joker / soothsayer .

Re (1) is the saying "What are fools but the natural prey of the clever?"

Even this way, "what are fools" doesn't make any sense in the context.

Maybe I can join this verse with the preceding one, forming "I'll wait and see what are fools", which can be translated as "Vou esperar e ver o que são os tolos". What you think, Thatha?

CC: Una Smith

That's what I suggested above. Una, what do you think?

No opinion. The song lyrics do not strike me as being highly meaningful, so I think a literal translation would be enough.

The question is not whether to be poetic or not - it is how to translate it (literally). But I agree that it doesn't make much sense in English.

I'll edit considering "I'll wait and see what are fools" a complete sentence, as everyone here seems to agree that is the most reasonable.

Thata, after my edition, validate it, if it please you (translation points are always welcome ).

OF COURSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!
The original is: I'll wait and see what unfolds
Don't have what I need, girl now I love you so.

FINALLY!!! (But see this, this and this)

Casper, I'll translate according to the right lyrics. Do you edit the original text, please.

Thanks in advance,

Yeah.
Most of lyrics posted in this kind of site is erroneous (I corrected a lot of them on LetrasTerra and CifraClub)
This guy (Jesse Someone, who is an actor as I can see) should have an official site with the official lyric.

I even saw incorrect lyrics on Bob Dylan's offi. site

Whaddaya know!

I just edited the original.

Kafetzou,

You let doubled the "I'll wait and see" part...

Oops! Thanks.

By the way, the word in the second verse is "scarred", not "scared", so maybe the Portuguese word should be "marcado" or "maguado" (I'm just consulting my dictionary - I don't speak Portuguese).

CC: goncin

Thanks, Laura, I've edit. I didn't notice those double "rr".

By the way, "scarred" comes from "scar"; "cicatriz" in Portuguese. I changed to "com cicatrizes", because "cicatrizado", a litteral translation of "scarred" would mean "healed" (!!) instead.

"Marcado" (in Brazil) or "maguado" (well... I didn't know that... it tastes Portuguese from Portugal) is not wrong at all, but it has a more generic meaning: to let any kind of prints, physical or psychological.

I think your solution is perfect.

mag o ado.

Laura, please throw your Portuguese dictionary away : Casper is right, there is no "maguado" even in Portugal!! The correct is "magoado", as he said.