Chico Buarque
Valsa brasileira lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1988
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:00
Vivia a te buscar
I lived to seek you
Porque pensando em ti
Because thinking of you
Corria contra o tempo
I was racing against time
Eu descartava os dias
I discarded the days
Em que não te vi
In which I didn't see you
Como de um filme
Like from a movie
A ação que não valeu
The action that didn't count
Rodava as horas pra trás
I turned the hours back
Roubava um pouquinho
I stole a little bit
E ajeitava o meu caminho
And smoothed my path
Pra encostar no teu
To lean against you
Subia na montanha
I climbed the mountain
Não como anda um corpo
Not like a body walks
Mas um sentimento
But like a feeling
Eu surpreendia o sol
I surprised the sun
Antes do sol raiar
Before the sun rises
Saltava as noites
I jumped through the nights
Sem me refazer
Without recreating myself
E pela porta de trás
And through the back door
Da casa vazia
Of the empty house
Eu ingressaria
I would join
E te veria
And I would see you
Confusa por me ver
Confused to see me
Chegando assim
Coming like this
Mil dias antes de te conhecer
A thousand days before I met you
Subia na montanha
I was climbing the mountain
Não como anda um corpo
Not like a body walks
Mas um sentimento
But a feeling
Eu surpreendia o sol
I surprised the sun
Antes do sol raiar
Before the sun would rise
Saltava as noites
I would leap through the nights
Sem me refazer
Without putting myself back together
E pela porta de trás
And through the back door
Da casa vazia
Of the empty house
Eu ingressaria
I would enter
E te veria
And I would see you
Confusa por me ver
Confused at the sight of me
Chegando assim
Arriving like this
Mil dias antes de te conhecer
A thousand days before I knew you
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Key vocabulary
- vivia
- lived
- buscar
- searchA2
- pensando
- thinkingA2
- corria
- ran
- tempo
- timeA1
- descartava
- discard
- dias
- daysA2
- vi
- saw
- filme
- filmA1
- ação
- actionB1
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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.