Uma fome chegou até mim pra me roubar A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing E os ratos chiavam na minha cela And the mice they were squealing in my prison cell E aquele velho triângulo fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
Logo de manhã, os guardas berravam Oh to start the morning, the warden bawling 'Levante da cama, e limpe sua cela' Get up out of bed you, and clean out your cell E aquele velho triângulo fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
O carcereiro espiava e o detento dormia Oh the screw was peeping and the lag was sleeping Pois deitou chorando por sua garota Sal As he lay weeping for his girl Sal E aquele velho triângulo fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
Numa bela tarde de primavera, o detento sonhava On a fine spring evening, the lag lay dreaming E as gaivotas rodopiavam bem acima da parede And the seagulls were wheeling high above the wall E aquele velho triângulo fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
O vento uivava e o dia morria Oh the wind was sighing, and the day was dying Enquanto o detento deitava e chorava em sua cela As the lag lay crying in his prision cell E aquele velho triângulo,fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle bloody jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
Na prisão feminina há setenta mulheres In the female prison there are seventy women E é com elas que eu queria morar And I wish it was with them that I did dwell E aquele velho triângulo, fazia 'jingle-jangle' And that auld triangle, went jingle jangle Ao longo das margens do Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal