Caetano Veloso
Saudosismo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Genre
- MPB, Tropicália
- Length
- 2:23
Eu, você, nós dois
I, you, us two
Já temos um passado, meu amor
We already have a past, my love
Um violão guardado
A guitar kept away
Aquela flor
That flower
E outras mumunhas mais
And other little things too
Eu, você, João
I, you, João
Girando na vitrola sem parar
Spinning on the record without stopping
E o mundo dissonante que nós dois
And the dissonant world that we two
Tentamos inventar, tentamos inventar
Tried to create, tried to create
Tentamos inventar, tentamos
Tried to create, tried
A felicidade, a felicidade
Happiness, happiness
A felicidade, a felicidade
Happiness, happiness
Eu, você, depois
You and me, then
Quarta-feira de cinzas no país
Ash Wednesday in the land
E as notas dissonantes se integraram
And the dissonant notes merged
Ao som dos imbecis
With the sound of fools
Sim, você, nós dois
Yes, you, both of us
Já temos um passado, meu amor
We already have a past, my love
A bossa, a fossa, a nossa grande dor
The bossa, the pit, our great pain
Como dois quadradões
Like two squares
Lobo, lobo bobo
Wolf, silly wolf
Lobo, lobo bobo
Wolf, silly wolf
Lobo, lobo bobo
Wolf, silly wolf
Lobo, lobo bobo
Wolf, silly wolf
Eu, você, João
Me, you, João
Girando na vitrola sem parar
Spinning on the turntable nonstop
E eu fico comovido de lembrar
And I get moved remembering
O tempo e o som
The time and the sound
Ah, como era bom
Ah, how good it was
Mas chega de saudade
But enough of longing
A realidade é que
The reality is that
Aprendemos com João
We learned with João
Pra sempre a ser desafinados
Forever being off-key
Ser desafinados
Being off-key
Ser desafinados
Being off-key
Ser...
Being...
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Chega de saudade
Enough of longing
Eu, você...
Me, you...
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Key vocabulary
- violão
- guitarA2
- dois
- twoA2
- já
- alreadyA1
- passado
- pastA2
- amor
- loveB2
- guardado
- stored
- flor
- flowerA1
- outras
- othersA2
- mumunhas
- mumbles
- mais
- moreA1
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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.