Chico Buarque
A mais bonita lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1990
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:35
Não, solidão, hoje não
No, loneliness, not today
Quero me retocar
I want to touch up
Nesse salão de tristeza
In this hall of sadness
Onde as outras penteiam mágoas
Where the others comb their sorrows
Deixo que as águas invadam meu rosto
I let the waters flood my face
Gosto de me ver chorar
I like to see myself cry
Finjo que estão me vendo
I pretend they're watching me
E eu preciso me mostrar
And I need to show myself
Bonita
Beautiful
Pra que os olhos do meu bem
So that the eyes of my love
Não olhem mais ninguém
Don't look at anyone else
Quando eu me revelar
When I reveal myself
Da forma mais bonita
In the most beautiful way
Pra saber como levar todos os desejos que ele tem
To know how to carry all the desires he has
Ao me ver passar
When he sees me pass by
Bonita
Beautiful
Hoje eu arrasei
Today I rocked it
Na casa de espelhos, espalho meus rostos
In the house of mirrors, I spread my faces
E finjo que finjo, que finjo, que não sei
And I pretend that I pretend, that I pretend, that I don't know
Deixo que as águas invadam meu rosto
I let the waters invade my face
Gosto de me ver chorar
I like to see myself cry
Finjo que estão me vendo
I pretend they're watching me
E eu preciso me mostrar
And I need to show myself
Bonita
Beautiful
Pra que os olhos do meu bem
So that the eyes of my love
Não olhem mais ninguém
Look at no one else
Quando eu me revelar
When I reveal myself
Da forma mais bonita
In the most beautiful way
Pra saber como levar todos os desejos que ele tem
To know how to carry all the desires he has
Ao me ver passar
As he sees me pass
Bonita
Beautiful
Hoje eu arrasei
Today I nailed it
Na casa de espelhos, espalho meus rostos
In the house of mirrors, I spread my faces
E finjo que finjo, que finjo, que não sei
And I pretend that I pretend, that I pretend, that I don't know
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Key vocabulary
- solidão
- lonelinessB1
- hoje
- todayA1
- quero
- want
- retocar
- touch up
- salão
- hallA2
- tristeza
- sadnessB1
- outras
- othersA2
- penteiam
- comb
- mágoas
- sorrowsB2
- deixo
- leaveA2
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About this song
Chico Buarque is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and playwright associated with samba, bossa nova, and MPB. He is known for intricate harmonic work and lyrics that often engage politics and culture, including foundational recordings such as Construção and Calabar.