Bebel Gilberto
Tanto Tempo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, MPB, Electronic
- Length
- 3:02
Ando tanto tempo a perguntar
I've been asking for so long
Porque esperar tanto assim de alguém
Why wait so much for someone?
Percorrendo espaços no mesmo lugar
Traveling spaces in the same place
Não sei a quanto tempo estou a te buscar
I don't know how long I've been searching for you
Num segundo eu vou
In a second, I'll go
Sabendo e percebendo o seu sabor
Knowing and feeling your flavor
Sem ter medo estou
Without fear, I am
Correndo contra o vento sem nunhum rancôr
Running against the wind without any resentment
Ando tanto tempo a perguntar
I've been asking for so long
Porque esperar tanto assim de alguém
Why wait so much for someone?
Sem saber
Without knowing
Sem qualquer medo de vêr
Without any fear of seeing
So long
So long
I've been wondering for so long
I've been wondering for so long
Why to expect so much from someone
Why to expect so much from someone
Running through spaces in the same place
Running through spaces in the same place
I've been searching for you a long long time
I've been searching for you a long long time
I am gone in a second
I am gone in a second
Knowing and learning your taste
Knowing and learning your taste
Fearless I am
Fearless I am
Running against the wind, holding no grudges
Running against the wind, holding no grudges
I've been wondering for so long
I've been wondering for so long
Why to expect so much from someone
Why to expect so much from someone
Without knowing
Without knowing
Without any fear to see
Without any fear to see
Key vocabulary
- ando
- walkA1
- tanto
- so muchA2
- tempo
- timeA1
- perguntar
- askA2
- esperar
- waitA2
- assim
- thusA1
- alguém
- someoneA2
- percorrendo
- traversing
- espaços
- spacesA2
- mesmo
- sameA2
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About this song
Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian singer associated with bossa nova and electronica, born in New York and shaped by her parents’ music legacy. She is known for her 2000 album Tanto Tempo, which brought Brazilian classics into a modern electronic sound, and for later recordings such as Agora (2020).