Tribute

This is a tribute to Javi Gracia. The player left BENFICA on the last day of the transfer market, to Manchester City. This was written by, the great BENFICA fan, BENFIQUISTA DO CORAÇÃO, in Portuguese and I try to translate it.

Great BENFIQUISTA DO CORAÇÃO if this does not translates as you intended in your original text my humble apologies.

I also like to thank, the great GRÃO VASCO, author of the GLORIOUS blog PINCELADAS GLORIOSAS, for posting the original text in his magnificent blog.

"JAVI WILL BE MISSED

NOT ONLY FOR HIS VALUE

AS A PLAYER

BUT ALSO FOR IS BENFIQUISNO*

THIS MAN WHEREVER HE'll GOES

IT ALWAYS BE A BENFICA FAN IN HIS HEART

BENFICA TOUCHES ALL IS PLAYERS

THEY DO NOT FORGET THE GREATNESS OF BENFICA

THEY DO NOT FORGET THE IMORTAL VOICE

OF THE GEAT PIÇARRA SINGING THE GLORIOUS HYMN

WHEN THEY ENTER IN THE PITCH

THEY DO NOT FORGET THE EAGLE FLYING

HIGH AND IMPOSING

THEY DO NOT FORGET CHANTS

OF THE SUPPORTERS

THE IMPOSING STADIUM

THE RED OF THE SHIRTS

THEY DO NOT FORGET JUST BECAUSE

THEY CAN NOT FORGET

THEY HAVE THEIR WAGES IN DAY

NO THREATS OF BROKEN KNEECAPS

AND THE MOUST IMPORTANTE IS THAT THEY

KNOW WHEN THEY WIN

THEY WIN BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK

THEY DO NOT FORGET BECAUSE

THEY CAN NOT FORGET THE MASSES

ON MARQUÊS SQUARE AND IN THE STREETS OF LISBON

THE REDNESS OF THE TORCHES

AND THE FIREWORKS

THEY DO NOT FORGET

BECAUSE THEY’RE VERY SOULS

WILL BE MARKED FOREVER

ASK DAVID LUIZ

ASK RAMIRES

ASK SAVIOLA

ASK JAVI

AND ONE DAY ASK AIMAR

CARDOSO OR WHATEVER PLAYER

IF THEY NO NOT HAVE BENFICA IN THEY’RE HEARTS 

NOT LIKE IN SOME CLUBS

WHERE ARE PLAYER’S “DYING TO LEAVE”AND

GET THEMSELVES FREE OF CERTAN ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHEMES

TO JAVI AND ALL THE OTHERS

THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR LIVES

YOU WILL NEVER FORGET BENFICA

AND US WILL NEVER FORGET YOU

SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL

YOU AND US BENFICA FANS

FAREWELL GREAT JAVI"

*BENFIQUISNO - means to be a great BENFICA SUPPORTER