Caetano Veloso
Cá - já lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 6:05
Vejo que areia linda
I see beautiful sand
Brilhando cada grão
Shining every grain
Graças do sol ainda
Thanks to the sun still
Vibram pelo chão
Vibrating through the ground
Vejo que a água deixa
I see that the water leaves
As cores de outra cor
The colors in another hue
Volta pra si sem queixa
Returns to itself without complaint
Tudo é tanto amor
Everything is so much love
Esteja cá já
Be here now
Pedra vida flor
Stone life flower
Seja cá já
Be here now
Esteja cá já
Be here now
Tempo bicho dor
Time, a painful beast
Seja cá já
Be here now
Doce jaca já
Sweet jackfruit now
Jandaia aqui agora
Jandaia here, right now
Ouço que tempo imenso
I hear the immense time
Dentro de cada som
Within every sound
Música que não penso
Music that I don't think of
Pássaro tão bom
Such a good bird
Ouço que vento, vento
I hear the wind, wind
Ondas asas capim
Waves, wings, grass
Momento movimento
Moment, movement
Sempre agora em mim
Always now within me
Esteja cá já
Be here now
Pedra vida flor
Stone, life, flower
Seja cá já
Be here now
Esteja cá já
Be here now
Tempo bicho dor
Time, beast, pain
Seja cá já
Be here now
Doce jaca já
Sweet jackfruit already
Jandaia aqui agora
Jandaia here now
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Key vocabulary
- sempre
- alwaysA1
- vejo
- see
- areia
- sand
- linda
- beautifulA2
- brilhando
- shining
- cada
- eachB1
- grão
- grainB1
- graças
- thanksA2
- sol
- sunA1
- ainda
- stillA1
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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.