Chico Buarque
Você não sabe amar lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:35
Você não sabe amar, meu bem
You don't know how to love, my dear
Não sabe o que é o amor
You don't know what love is
Nunca viveu, nunca sofreu
You've never lived, you've never suffered
E quer saber mais que eu
And you want to know more than I do
O nosso amor parou aqui
Our love stopped here
E foi melhor assim
And it was better this way
Você esperava e eu também
You hoped and so did I
Que fosse esse seu fim
That this would be your end
O nosso amor não teve querida
Our love didn't have, my dear
As coisas boas da vida
The good things in life
E foi melhor para você
And it was better for you
E foi também melhor pra mim
And it was also better for me
O nosso amor parou aqui
Our love came to a stop here
E foi melhor assim
And it was better this way
Você esperava e eu também
You expected it and so did I
Que fosse esse seu fim
That this would be your end
Você não sabe amar, meu bem
You don't know how to love, my dear
Não sabe o que é o amor
You don't know what love is
Nunca viveu, nunca sofreu
You've never lived, you've never suffered
E quer saber mais que eu
And you want to know more than I do
O nosso amor não teve querida
Our love didn't last, darling
As coisas boas da vida
The good things in life
E foi melhor para você
And it was better for you
E foi também melhor pra mim
And it was better for me too
O nosso amor parou aqui
Our love stopped here
E foi melhor assim
And it was better this way
Você esperava e eu também
You were hoping and so was I
Que esse fosse seu fim
That this would be your end
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Key vocabulary
- sabe
- knows
- amar
- loveA2
- bem
- goodA1
- amor
- loveB2
- nunca
- neverA1
- viveu
- livedA1
- sofreu
- suffered
- quer
- want
- saber
- knowA1
- mais
- moreA1
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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.