Caetano Veloso
Acrilírico lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:02
Olhar colírico
Colorful gaze
Lírios plásticos do campo
Plastic lilies of the field
E do contracampo
And from the opposite frame
Telástico cinemascope
Elastic cinemascope
Teu sorriso
Your smile
Tudo isso
All of this
Tudo ido
All gone
E lido
And read
E lindo
And beautiful
E vindo
And coming
Do vivido
From the lived
Na minha adolescidade
In my adolescence
Idade de pedra e paz
Stone age and peace
Teu sorriso
Your smile
Quieto no meu canto
Quiet in my corner
Ainda canto
I still sing
O ido
The gone
O tido
The had
O dito
The said
O dado
The given
O consumido
The consumed
O consumado
The accomplished
Ato
Act
Do amor morto
Of the dead love
Motor da saudade
Engine of longing
Diluído na grandicidade
Dissolved in greatness
Idade de pedra ainda
Stone age still
Canto quieto o que conheço
I quietly sing what I know
Quero o que não mereço
I want what I don't deserve
O começo
The beginning
Quero canto de vinda
I want the song of arrival
Divindade do duro totem futuro total
Divinity of the hard future totem total
Tal qual quero canto
Just as I want the song
Por enquanto
For now
Apenas mino o campo ver-te
I only diminish the field to see you
Acre e lírico o sorvete
Acre and lyrical the ice cream
Acrilíco
Acrylic
Santo Amargo da Putrificação
Holy Bitter of Putrefaction
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Key vocabulary
- olhar
- lookA2
- plásticos
- plasticsA2
- colírico
- eye drops
- lírios
- lilies
- campo
- fieldA1
- contracampo
- countershot
- telástico
- telasitic
- sorriso
- smile
- tudo
- everythingA1
- ido
- gone
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About this song
Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian singer-songwriter associated with Tropicália and Brazilian popular music. Known for his genre-spanning career that has blended bossa nova, folk, and experimental rock, he is also recognized for his role in shaping the Tropicalist movement.