There was a high wall between our houses.

Havia um muro alto entre nossas casas.

Difficult to send her a message.

Difícil de mandar recado para ela.

There was no email.

Não havia e-mail.

Her father was a jaguar.

O pai era uma onça.

We tied notes to a rock bound to a rope

A gente amarrava o bilhete numa pedra presa por um cordão

and I threw the rock into her backyard.

E pinchava a pedra no quintal da casa dela.

It was glorious.

Se a namorada respondesse pela mesma pedra

But sometimes the note got stuck in the branches of the guayaba tree

Era uma glória!

and then it was agony.

Mas por vezes o bilhete enganchava nos galhos da goiabeira

So it was in the time of jaguars.

E então era agonia.

No tempo do onça era assim.