Chico Buarque
Lola lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1987
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:46
Sabia
I knew
Gosto de você chegar assim
I like the way you arrive like this
Arrancando páginas dentro de mim
Tearing pages inside of me
Desde o primeiro dia
Since the very first day
Sabia
I knew
Me apagando filmes geniais
Erasing brilliant films
Rebobinando o século
Rewinding the century
Meus velhos carnavais
My old carnivals
Minha melancolia
My melancholy
Sabia
I knew
Que você ia trazer seus instrumentos
That you would bring your instruments
E invadir minha cabeça
And invade my mind
Onde um dia tocava uma orquestra
Where once an orchestra played
Pra companhia dançar
For the company to dance
Sabia
I knew
Que ia acontecer você, um dia
That you would come, one day
E claro que já não me valeria nada
And of course, it wouldn't mean anything to me anymore
Tudo o que eu sabia
Everything that I knew
Um dia
One day
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Key vocabulary
- páginas
- pagesA1
- velhos
- oldA1
- sabia
- knew
- chegar
- arriveA1
- assim
- thusA1
- arrancando
- tearing
- dentro
- insideA1
- dia
- dayA1
- apagando
- erasing
- filmes
- filmsA1
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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.