Chico Buarque
Piano na mangueira lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:22
Mangueira, estou aqui na plataforma
Mangueira, I'm here on the platform
Da Estação Primeira, o morro veio me chamar
At Estação Primeira, the hill came to call me
De terno branco e chapéu de palha
In a white suit and a straw hat
Vou me apresentar à minha nova parceira
I'm going to introduce myself to my new partner
Mandei subir o piano pra Mangueira
I sent the piano up to Mangueira
A minha música não é de levantar poeira
My music isn't meant to raise dust
Mas pode entrar no barracão
But it can enter the barracão
Onde a cabrocha pendura a saia
Where the girl hangs her skirt
No amanhecer da quarta-feira
At dawn on Wednesday
Mangueira, Estação Primeira de Mangueira
Mangueira, Estação Primeira of Mangueira
Mangueira, estou aqui na plataforma
Mangueira, I'm here on the platform
Da Estação Primeira, o morro veio me chamar
From the First Station, the hill came to call me
De terno branco e chapéu de palha
In a white suit and straw hat
Vou me apresentar, me apresentar a majestosa parceira
I'll present myself, present myself to the majestic partner
Mandei subir o piano pra Mangueira
I had the piano lifted up for Mangueira
A minha música não é de levantar poeira
My music isn't meant to raise dust
Mas pode entrar no barracão
But it can enter the shelter
Onde a cabrocha pendura a saia
Where the girl hangs her skirt
No amanhecer da quarta-feira
At the dawn of Wednesday
Mangueira, Estação Primeira de Mangueira
Mangueira, First Station of Mangueira
Pela vida inteira em Mangueira
Throughout my entire life in Mangueira
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Key vocabulary
- mangueira
- hoseC1
- aqui
- hereA1
- plataforma
- platformC1
- estação
- stationA2
- primeira
- firstA2
- morro
- hillB1
- veio
- cameA1
- chamar
- callB1
- terno
- suitA2
- branco
- whiteA2
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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.