Chico Buarque
Todo o sentimento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1987
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:46
Preciso não dormir
I need to stay awake
Até se consumar
Until it comes to fruition
O tempo
The time
Da gente
Between us
Preciso conduzir
I need to lead
Um tempo de te amar
A time to love you
Te amando devagar
Loving you slowly
E urgentemente
And urgently
Pretendo descobrir no último momento
I intend to discover in the last moment
Um tempo que refaz o que desfez
A time that recreates what was undone
Que recolhe todo o sentimento
That gathers all the feeling
E bota no corpo uma outra vez
And puts it back in the body once more
Prometo te querer
I promise to love you
Até o amor cair doente, doente
Until love falls ill, ill
Prefiro então partir a tempo de poder
I’d rather leave in time to be able
A gente se desvencilhar da gente
For us to disentangle from ourselves
Depois de te perder
After losing you
Te encontro com certeza
I will surely find you
Talvez num tempo da delicadeza
Perhaps in a time of tenderness
Onde não diremos nada, nada aconteceu
Where we won’t say anything, nothing happened
Apenas seguirei
I will only follow
Como encantado ao lado teu
Like enchanted by your side
Depois de te perder
After losing you
Te encontro com certeza
I'll find you for sure
Talvez num tempo da delicadeza
Maybe in a time of tenderness
Onde não diremos nada, nada aconteceu
Where we won't say a thing, nothing happened
Apenas seguirei
I will only follow
Como encantado ao lado teu
Like enchanted by your side
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Key vocabulary
- preciso
- necessaryA2
- dormir
- sleepA2
- consumar
- consume
- tempo
- timeA1
- gente
- peopleA2
- conduzir
- guideB1
- amar
- loveA2
- amando
- loving
- devagar
- slowlyA2
- urgentemente
- urgentlyB2
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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.