Djavan
Sina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- MPB, Pop
- Length
- 5:33
Pai e mãe, ouro de mina
Father and mother, gold of the mine
Coração, desejo e sina
Heart, desire, and fate
Tudo mais pura rotina, jazz
Everything else pure routine, jazz
Tocarei em seu nome
I will play in your name
Pra poder falar de amor
So I can speak of love
Minha princesa
My princess
Art nouveau da natureza
Art nouveau of nature
Tudo mais pura beleza jazz
Everything else pure beauty, jazz
A luz de um grande prazer
The light of great pleasure
É irremediável néon
It's irredeemable neon
Quando o grito do prazer
When the scream of pleasure
Açoitar o ar, reveillon
Whips the air, New Year's Eve
O luar, estrela do mar
The moonlight, star of the sea
O sol e o dom
The sun and the gift
Quiçá um dia a fúria
Perhaps one day the fury
Desse front
Of this front
Virá lapidar o sonho
Will come to shape the dream
Até gerar o som
Until it generates the sound
Como querer Caetanear
Like wanting to Caetaneate
O que há de bom
What is good
O luar, estrela do mar
The moonlight, star of the sea
O sol e o dom
The sun and the gift
Quiçá um dia
Perhaps one day
A fúria desse front
The fury of this front
Virá lapidar o sonho
Will come to refine the dream
Até gerar o som
Until it gives rise to the sound
Como querer Caetanear
Like wanting to Caetano
O que há de bom
What is good
Pai e mãe ouro de mina
Father and mother, gold from the mine
Coração, desejo e sina
Heart, desire, and fate
Tudo mais pura rotina, jazz
Everything's just pure routine, jazz
Tocarei em seu nome
I'll play in your name
Pra poder falar de amor
To be able to speak of love
Minha princesa
My princess
Art nouveau da natureza
Art nouveau of nature
Tudo mais pura beleza, jazz
Everything's just pure beauty, jazz
A luz de um grande prazer
The light of great pleasure
É irremediavel néon
It's irreparable neon
Quando o grito do prazer
When the scream of pleasure
Açoitar o ar, réveillon
Whip the air, New Year's Eve
O luar, estrela do mar
The moonlight, star of the sea
O sol e dom
The sun and the gift
Quiçá um dia a fúria
Perhaps one day the fury
Desse front
Of this front
Virá lapidar o sonho
Will come to shape the dream
Até gerar o som
Until it generates the sound
Como querer Caetanear
Like wanting to Caetanoize
O que há de bom
What is good
O luar, estrela do mar
The moonlight, star of the sea
O sol e o dom
The sun and the gift
Quiçá um dia a fúria
Perhaps one day the fury
Desse front
Of this front
Virá lapidar o sonho
Will come to refine the dream
Até gerar o som
Until it gives birth to sound
Como querer Caetanear
Like wanting to Caetanoize
O que há de bom
What is good
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Key vocabulary
- tocarei
- play
- princesa
- princess
- nouveau
- new
- réveillon
- New Year’s
- tudo
- everythingA1
- coração
- heartB1
- poder
- powerA1
- falar
- speakA1
- natureza
- natureA2
- beleza
- beautyA2
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About this song
Djavan is a Brazilian singer-songwriter known for MPB and pop-inflected Brazilian rhythms, emerging in the 1980s and gaining success beyond Brazil. He is recognized for blending traditional Brazilian styles with a global pop approach, including later work that includes English lyrics and collaborations with North American musicians.