Dona Ivone Lara
Sonho Meu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 5:11
Sonho meu, bis
My dream, again
Vai buscar quem mora longe,
Go fetch those who live far away,
Sonho meu
My dream
Vai mostrar esta saudade,
Will show this longing,
Sonho meu
My dream
Com a sua liberdade,
With your freedom,
Sonho meu
My dream
No meu céu a estrela guia se perdeu
In my sky the guiding star has lost its way
A madrugada fria só me traz melancolia,
The cold dawn only brings me melancholy,
Sonho meu
My dream
Eu sinto o canto da noite na boca do vento
I feel the song of the night in the mouth of the wind
Fazer a dança das flores no meu pensamento
Making the dance of flowers in my thoughts
Traz a pureza de um samba
Bringing the purity of a samba
Sentido marcado
With feelings etched
De mágoa de amor
Of love's sorrow
O samba que mexe
The samba that stirs
O corpo da gente
Our bodies
E o vento vadio
And the restless wind
Embalando a flor,
Cradling the flower,
Sonho meu.
My dream.
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Key vocabulary
- sonho
- dreamA2
- bis
- encore
- vai
- go
- buscar
- searchA2
- mora
- lives
- longe
- farA1
- mostrar
- showA2
- saudade
- longingB1
- liberdade
- freedomB1
- céu
- skyA2
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About this song
Dona Ivone Lara was a Brazilian samba composer and singer, a key figure in the history of samba schools. She is known for breaking gender prejudice as the first woman to parade in the composers’ ala and later in the ala dos compositores, composing more than 300 works over five decades and achieving widespread recognition through her popular sambas.