Chico Buarque
Uma palavra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1990
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:01
Palavra prima
Prime word
Uma palavra só, a crua palavra
Just one word, the raw word
Que quer dizer
That wants to say
Tudo
Everything
Anterior ao entendimento, palavra
Before understanding, word
Palavra viva
Living word
Palavra com temperatura, palavra
Word with temperature, word
Que se produz
That is produced
Muda
Silent
Feita de luz mais que de vento, palavra
Made of light more than of wind, word
Palavra dócil
Gentle word
Palavra d'agua pra qualquer moldura
Word of water for any frame
Que se acomoda em balde, em verso, em mágoa
That fits in a bucket, in verse, in sorrow
Qualquer feição de se manter palavra
Any shape of keeping a word
Palavra minha
My word
Matéria, minha criatura, palavra
Matter, my creature, word
Que me conduz
That guides me
Mudo
Silent
E que me escreve desatento, palavra
And that writes me carelessly, word
Talvez à noite
Maybe at night
Quase-palavra que um de nós murmura
Almost a word that one of us whispers
Que ela mistura as letras que eu invento
That mixes the letters I create
Outras pronúncias do prazer, palavra
Other pronunciations of pleasure, word
Palavra boa
Good word
Não de fazer literatura, palavra
Not to create literature, word
Mas de habitar
But to inhabit
Fundo
Deep
O coração do pensamento, palavra
The heart of thought, word
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Key vocabulary
- prima
- cousinA2
- palavra
- wordA2
- só
- only
- crua
- rawB2
- dizer
- sayB2
- quer
- wantB2
- tudo
- everythingA1
- anterior
- previousB2
- entendimento
- understandingB2
- viva
- liveA2
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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.