Chico Buarque
Choro bandido lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:08
Mesmo que os cantores, sejam falsos como eu
Even if the singers are as false as I am
Serão bonitas, não importa
They will be beautiful, it doesn’t matter
São bonitas as canções
The songs are beautiful
Mesmo miseráveis os poetas
Even if the poets are miserable
Os seus versos serão bons
Their verses will be good
Mesmo porque as notas eram surdas
Especially since the notes were deaf
Quando um deus sonso e ladrão
When a sneaky and thieving god
Fez das tripas a primeira lira
Made the first lyre from guts
Que animou todos os sons
That brought to life all the sounds
E daí nasceram as baladas
And from that came the ballads
E os arroubos de bandidos como eu
And the outbursts of bandits like me
Cantando assim
Singing like this
Você nasceu para mim
You were born for me
Você nasceu para mim
You were born for me
Mesmo que você feche os ouvidos
Even if you close your ears
E as janelas do vestido
And the windows of your dress
Minha musa vai cair em tentação
My muse will fall into temptation
Mesmo porque estou falando grego
Especially since I'm speaking Greek
Com sua imaginação
With your imagination
Mesmo que você fuja de mim
Even if you run away from me
Por labirintos e alçapões
Through mazes and pitfalls
Saiba que os poetas como os cegos
Know that poets, like the blind
Podem ver na escuridão
Can see in the darkness
E eis que, menos sábios do que antes
And behold, less wise than before
Os seus lábios ofegantes
Their gasping lips
Hão de se entregar assim
Shall give themselves this way
Me leve até o fim
Take me to the end
Me leve até o fim
Take me to the end
Mesmo que os romances
Even if the romances
Sejam falsos como o nosso
Are as false as ours
São bonitas, não importa
They're beautiful, it doesn't matter
São bonitas as canções
The songs are beautiful
Mesmo sendo errados os amantes
Even if the lovers are wrong
Seus amores serão bons
Their loves will be good
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Key vocabulary
- cegos
- blindA2
- mesmo
- sameA2
- miseráveis
- wretchedA2
- ouvidos
- earsA2
- podem
- canA2
- primeira
- firstA2
- vestido
- dressA2
- cantores
- singers
- sejam
- be
- falsos
- false
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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.