Chico Buarque
As vitrines lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:48
Eu te vejo sumir por aí
I see you drifting away out there
Te avisei que a cidade era um vão
I warned you that the city was an emptiness
- Dá tua mão
- Give me your hand
- Olha pra mim
- Look at me
- Não faz assim
- Don't do that
- Não vai lá não
- Don't go there
Os letreiros a te colorir
The signs are coloring you
Embaraçam a minha visão
They cloud my vision
Eu te vi suspirar de aflição
I saw you sighing in distress
E sair da sessão, frouxa de rir
And leaving the show, loose with laughter
Já te vejo brincando, gostando de ser
I already see you playing, enjoying being
Tua sombra a se multiplicar
Your shadow multiplying
Nos teus olhos também posso ver
In your eyes, I can also see
As vitrines te vendo passar
The shop windows watching you pass
Na galeria, cada clarão
In the gallery, each flash
É como um dia depois de outro dia
Is like one day after another day
Abrindo um salão
Opening a hall
Passas em exposição
You pass in exhibition
Passas sem ver teu vigia
You pass without seeing your watcher
Catando a poesia
Gathering the poetry
Que entornas no chão
What you spill on the ground
Já te vejo brincando, gostando de ser
I can already see you playing, loving to be
Tua sombra a se multiplicar
Your shadow multiplying
Nos teus olhos também posso ver
In your eyes, I can also see
As vitrines te vendo passar
The shop windows watching you pass
Na galeria, cada clarão
In the gallery, every flash
É como um dia depois de outro dia
Is like one day after another
Abrindo um salão
Opening a hall
Passas em exposição
You pass on display
Passas sem ver teu vigia
You pass without seeing your watcher
Catando a poesia
Picking up the poetry
Que entornas no chão
That you spill on the ground
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Key vocabulary
- posso
- canA2
- rir
- laughA2
- vejo
- see
- aí
- thereA1
- avisei
- warned
- cidade
- cityA1
- vão
- emptiness
- dá
- gives
- mão
- handA2
- olha
- lookA2
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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.