Cartola
O Mundo É Um Moinho lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1976
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:58
Ainda é cedo, amor
It's still early, my love
Mal começaste a conhecer a vida
You've barely started to know life
Já anuncias a hora de partida
Already you're announcing the time to leave
Sem saber bem o rumo que irás tomar
Not quite knowing the path you will take
Presta atenção, querida
Pay attention, dear
Embora eu saiba que estás resolvida
Though I know you feel certain
Em cada esquina, cai um pouco tua vida
At every corner, a bit of your life falls away
E em pouco tempo, não serás mais o que és
And in no time, you won't be who you are anymore
Ouça-me bem, amor
Listen to me well, love
Preste atenção, o mundo é um moinho
Pay attention, the world is a mill
Vai triturar teus sonhos tão mesquinhos
It will crush your petty dreams
Vai reduzir as ilusões a pó
It will reduce your illusions to dust
Preste atenção, querida
Pay attention, darling
De cada amor tu herdarás só o cinismo
From every love, you'll inherit only cynicism
Quando notares, estás à beira do abismo
When you notice, you're on the edge of the abyss
Abismo que cavaste com os teus pés
An abyss that you dug with your own feet
Ainda é cedo, amor
It's still early, my love
Mal começaste a conhecer a vida
You barely started to know life
Já anuncias a hora de partida
You already announce the time of departure
Sem saber mesmo o rumo que irás tomar
Without even knowing the path you will take
Preste atenção, querida
Pay attention, dear
Embora eu saiba que estás resolvida
Even though I know you've made your mind up
Em cada esquina, cai um pouco a tua vida
On every corner, a bit of your life falls away
Em pouco tempo, não serás mais o que és
Before long, you won't be who you are anymore
Ouça-me bem, amor
Listen to me well, love
Preste atenção, o mundo é um moinho
Pay attention, the world is a mill
Vai triturar teus sonhos tão mesquinhos
It will grind your petty dreams
Vai reduzir as ilusões a pó
It will reduce your illusions to dust
Presta atenção, querida
Pay attention, dear
De cada amor tu herdarás só o cinismo
From each love, you'll inherit only cynicism
Quando notares, estás à beira do abismo
When you notice, you’re on the edge of the abyss
Abismo que cavaste com os teus pés
The abyss that you’ve dug with your own feet
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Key vocabulary
- cedo
- earlyA1
- conhecer
- knowA1
- já
- alreadyA1
- mais
- moreA1
- tempo
- timeA1
- atenção
- attentionB1
- cada
- eachB1
- partida
- departureB1
- reduzir
- reduceB1
- triturar
- crushB1
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About this song
Cartola was a Brazilian samba composer and singer strongly tied to urban Rio de Janeiro, active from the 1920s through the end of the 20th century. He helped found the Escola de Samba Mangueira and was a central figure in Estácio-style samba, with his prolific songwriting widely recorded by major Brazilian performers.