Caetano Veloso
Mora na filosofia lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 6:16
Eu vou lhe dar a decisão
I'm going to give you the decision
Botei na balança, você não pesou
I put it on the scale, you didn't weigh in
Botei na peneira e você não passou
I put it through the sieve and you didn't make it through
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the use of rhyming love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the use of rhyming love and pain?
Se seu corpo ficasse marcado
If your body were marked
Por lábios ou mãos carinhosas
By loving lips or hands
Eu saberia, ora, vai mulher
I would know, oh come on woman
A quantos você pertencia
To how many did you belong
Não vou me preocupar em ver
I won't worry about seeing
Seu caso não é de ver pra crer
Your case isn't about seeing to believe
Tá na cara
It's obvious
Eu vou lhe dar a decisão
I will give you the decision
Botei na balança, você não pesou
I weighed it out, you didn't measure up
Botei na peneira, você não passou
I sifted it, you didn't pass
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
Why rhyme love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
Why rhyme love and pain?
Se seu corpo ficasse marcado
If your body were to bear the marks
Por lábios ou mãos carinhosas
Of loving lips or hands
Eu saberia, ora, vai mulher
I would know, come on, woman
A quantos você pertencia
To how many you belonged
Não vou me preocupar em ver
I won’t worry about seeing
Seu caso não é de ver pra crer
Your case isn’t one to see to believe
Tá na cara
It's written all over your face
Eu vou lhe dar a decisão
I will give you the choice
Botei na balança e você não pesou
I weighed it on the scales, and you didn't measure up
Botei na peneira e você não passou
I put it through the sieve and you didn't make it
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
Why rhyme love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
Why rhyme love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
Why rhyme love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?'
Why rhyme love and pain?
Mora na filosofia
Lives in philosophy
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the point of rhyming love and pain?
Amor e dor
Love and pain
Amor e dor?
Love and pain?
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the point of rhyming love and pain?
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the point of rhyming love and pain?
Pra que rimar amor e dor?
What's the point of rhyming love and pain?
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Key vocabulary
- vou
- go
- dar
- giveA1
- decisão
- decisionA2
- botei
- put
- balança
- scaleB1
- pesou
- weighed
- peneira
- sieveB1
- passou
- passedA2
- mora
- lives
- filosofia
- philosophyB1
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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.