Author: Leandro Gomes de Barros
The last verse of the cordel is as follows,
A Justiça examinando
Os bolsos de Pedro Cem
Encontrou uma mochila
E dentro dela um vintém
E um letreiro que dizia:
“Ontem teve, hoje não tem.”
The translation is as follows,
"Justice examining
Pedro Cem's pockets
Found a backpack
And inside it was a penny
And a sign that said:
“Yesterday there was, today there isn’t.”
Attribution:
UC Berkeley Library's Literatura de Cordel Collection
