Chico Buarque
Cordão lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:30
Ninguém
No one
Ninguém vai me segurar
No one will hold me back
Ninguém há de me fechar
No one will close me off
As portas do coração
The doors of my heart
Ninguém
No one
Ninguém vai me sujeitar
No one will make me submit
A trancar no peito a minha paixão
To lock my passion away in my chest
Eu não, eu não vou desesperar
I won’t, I won’t despair
Eu não vou renunciar
I won't give up
Fugir
Run away
Ninguém
No one
Ninguém vai me acorrentar
No one will chain me down
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Enquanto eu puder sorrir
As long as I can smile
Ninguém
No one
Ninguém vai me ver sofrer
No one will see me suffer
Ninguém vai me surpreender
No one will surprise me
Na noite da solidão
On the night of loneliness
Pois quem
For anyone
Tiver nada pra perder
Who has nothing to lose
Vai formar comigo o imenso cordão
We'll form the immense chain together
E então quero ver o vendaval
And then I want to see the storm
Quero ver o carnaval sair
I want to see the carnival rise
Ninguém
No one
Ninguém vai me acorrentar
No one will chain me down
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Enquanto eu puder sorrir
As long as I can smile
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Alguém vai ter que me ouvir
Someone will have to hear me
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Enquanto eu puder seguir
As long as I can go on
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Enquanto eu puder sorrir
As long as I can smile
Enquanto eu puder cantar
As long as I can sing
Enquanto eu puder
As long as I can
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Key vocabulary
- vai
- go
- segurar
- hold
- há
- there is
- fechar
- closeA1
- coração
- heartB1
- sujeitar
- submit
- trancar
- lockB1
- paixão
- passion
- vou
- go
- desesperar
- despair
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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.