Chico Buarque
Estação derradeira lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1987
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:34
Rio de ladeiras
River of slopes
Civilização encruzilhada
Civilization at a crossroads
Cada ribanceira é uma nação
Each cliff is a nation
À sua maneira
In your own way
Com ladrão
With a thief
Lavadeiras, honra, tradição
Washerwomen, honor, tradition
Fronteiras, munição pesada
Borders, heavy ammunition
São Sebastião crivado
Saint Sebastian pierced
Nublai minha visão
Cloud my vision
Na noite da grande
On the night of the great
Fogueira desvairada
Wild bonfire
Quero ver a Mangueira
I want to see Mangueira
Derradeira estação
Final station
Quero ouvir sua batucada, ai, ai
I want to hear your drumming, oh, oh
Rio do lado sem beira
River with no banks
Cidadãos
Citizens
Inteiramente loucos
Completely crazy
Com carradas de razão
With loads of reason
À sua maneira
In your own way
De calção
In shorts
Com bandeiras sem explicação
With flags without explanation
Carreiras de paixão danada
Lines of wild passion
São Sebastião crivado
Saint Sebastian pierced
Nublai minha visão
Cloud my vision
Na noite da grande
On the night of the great
Fogueira desvairada
Frenzied bonfire
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Key vocabulary
- rio
- riverA1
- ladeiras
- slopes
- civilização
- civilization
- encruzilhada
- intersection
- cada
- eachB1
- ribanceira
- cliff
- nação
- nationB1
- maneira
- wayA2
- ladrão
- thief
- lavadeiras
- launderers
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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.