Chico Buarque
Desencontro lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:10
A sua lembrança me dói tanto
Your memory hurts me so much
Eu canto pra ver se espanto esse mal
I sing to see if I can scare away this evil
Mas só sei dizer um verso banal
But I only know how to say a trivial verse
Fala em você, canta você, é sempre igual
It speaks of you, sings of you, it's always the same
Sobrou desse nosso desencontro
Left of our misunderstanding
Um conto de amor sem porto final
A love story without a final port
Retrato sem cor jogado aos meus pés
A colorless portrait tossed at my feet
E saudades fúteis, saudades frágeis, meros papéis
And futile longings, fragile longings, mere papers
Não sei se você ainda é a mesma
I don't know if you're still the same
Ou se cortou os cabelos, rasgou o que é meu
Or if you cut your hair, ripped away what's mine
Se ainda tem saudades e sofre como eu
If you still miss me and suffer like I do
Ou tudo já passou
Or if it's all in the past
Já tem um novo amor, já me esqueceu
You've found a new love, you've already forgotten me
Key vocabulary
- tanto
- so muchA2
- lembrança
- memory
- dói
- hurts
- canto
- cornerA2
- ver
- seeA1
- espanto
- astonishment
- mal
- badlyA2
- só
- only
- sei
- know
- dizer
- sayA1
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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.