Chico Buarque
A pesar de usted lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:58
Y mañana será otro día
And tomorrow will be another day
Y mañana será otro día
And tomorrow will be another day
Y mañana será otro día
And tomorrow will be another day
Y mañana será otro día
And tomorrow will be another day
Hoy es usted el que manda
Today it's you who's in charge
Lo dijo y está dicho
You said it, and it’s said
Es sin discusión, no
It's without discussion, no
Toda mi gente hoy anda
All my people are out today
Hablando bajito
Speaking softly
Mirando el rincón, vio
Looking at the corner, saw
Usted que inventó ese estado
You who invented that state
Que inventó el inventar
That invented inventing
Toda la oscuridad
All the darkness
Usted que inventó el pecado
You who invented sin
Olvidóse de inventar
Forgot to invent
El perdón
Forgiveness
A pesar de usted
In spite of you
Mañana va a ser otro día
Tomorrow will be another day
Yo quisiera saber
I would like to know
Dónde se va a esconder
Where it will go to hide
De esa enorme alegría
From that enormous joy
Cómo le va a prohibir
How can you forbid
A ese gallo insistir
That rooster to insist
En cantar
On singing
Agua nueva brotando
New water springing forth
Y la gente amándose
And people loving each other
Sin parar
Without stopping
Cuando llegue ese momento
When that moment arrives
Todo el sufrimiento
All the suffering
Doblaré seguro, curo
I will surely bend, heal
Todo ese amor reprimido
All this repressed love
Ese grito mordido
That bitten cry
Este samba en lo oscuro
This samba in the dark
Usted que inventó la tristeza
You who invented sadness
Tenga hoy la fineza
Have the grace today
De desinventar
To un-invent
Usted va a pagar y bien pagada
You will pay and pay dearly
Cada lágrima brotada
Every tear shed
Debe mi penar
Owes my suffering
A pesar de usted
Despite you
Mañana va a ser otro día
Tomorrow will be another day
Daría tanto por ver
I would give so much to see
El jardín florecer
The garden bloom
Como usted no quería
As you didn't want to
Cuánto se va a amargar
How bitter it will become
Viendo al día rayar
Watching the day break
Sin pedirle licencia
Without asking for your permission
Cómo voy a reír
How am I going to laugh
Que el día ha de venir
That the day will come
Antes de lo que usted piensa
Sooner than you think
A pesar de usted
In spite of you
A pesar de usted
In spite of you
Mañana va a ser otro día
Tomorrow will be another day
Tendrá entonces que ver
Then you'll have to see
Al día renacer
The day reborn
Derramando poesía
Pouring out poetry
Cómo se va a explicar
How will it be explained
Ver al cielo clarear
Seeing the sky clear up
De repente impunemente
Suddenly, unpunished
Cómo va a silenciar
How will it be silenced
Nuestro coro al cantarle
Our chorus as we sing
Bien de frente
Right up front
A pesar de usted
Despite you
A pesar de usted
Despite you
Mañana va a ser otro día
Tomorrow will be another day
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
Lalalá, lalalá
A pesar de usted
In spite of you
A pesar de usted
In spite of you
Mañana va a ser otro día
Tomorrow will be another day
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Key vocabulary
- grito
- shoutA2
- pagar
- payA2
- seguro
- safeA2
- tanto
- so muchA2
- y
- and
- mañana
- tomorrow
- será
- will be
- otro
- other
- día
- dayA1
- hoy
- today
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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.