Caetano Veloso
Chuvas De Verão lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- MPB, Tropicália
- Length
- 2:49
Podemos ser amigos simplesmente
We can simply be friends
Coisas do amor nunca mais
Things of love never again
Amores do passado no presente
Loves from the past in the present
Repetem velhos temas tão banais
Repeat old themes so trivial
Ressentimentos passam como o vento
Resentments pass like the wind
São coisas de momento
They're things of the moment
São chuvas de verão
They're summer rains
Trazer uma aflição dentro do peito
Bringing a distress inside the heart
É dar vida a um defeito
It's giving life to a flaw
Que se extingue com a razão
That extinguishes with reason
Estranha no meu peito
Strange in my heart
Estranha na minha alma
Strange in my soul
Agora eu tenho calma
Now I have peace
Não te desejo mais
I no longer wish for you
Podemos ser amigos simplesmente
We can just be friends
Amigos, simplesmente, nada mais
Friends, simply, nothing more
Podemos ser amigos simplesmente
We can just be friends
Coisas do amor nunca mais
Things of love never again
Amores do passado no presente
Loves of the past in the present
Repetem velhos temas tão banais
Repeat old themes so banal
Ressentimentos passam como o vento
Resentments pass like the wind
São coisas de momento
They are fleeting things
São chuvas de verão
They are summer rains
Trazer uma aflição dentro do peito
To carry a heartache inside
É dar vida a um defeito
Is to give life to a flaw
Que se extingue com a razão
That fades away with reason
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Key vocabulary
- passado
- pastA2
- passam
- passA2
- peito
- chestA2
- presente
- giftA2
- razão
- reasonA2
- trazer
- bringA2
- vento
- windA2
- podemos
- can
- amigos
- friendsA1
- simplesmente
- simplyB1
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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.