Elis Regina
Fechado pra balanço lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:41
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Tô fechado pra balanco
I'm closed off to the party
Meu saldo deve ser bom
My balance must be good
Tô fechado pra balanco
I'm closed off to the party
Meu saldo deve ser bom, deve ser bom
My balance must be good, must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Vou sambar de roda um pouco
I'll samba in circles for a while
Um xaxado bem guardado e mais algum trocado
A well-kept xaxado and a bit of change
Se tiver gingado eu tô, eu tô, eu tô
If you've got the rhythm, I'm in, I'm in, I'm in
Eu tô de corpo fechado, eu tô, eu tô
I'm closed off to the world, I'm in, I'm in
Eu tô fechado pra balanco
I'm closed off to the sway
Meu saldo deve ser bom
My balance must be good
Tô fechado pra balanco
I'm closed off to the sway
Meu saldo deve ser bom, deve ser bom
My balance must be good, it must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Deve ser bom
It must be good
Um pouco da minha grana
A little of my cash
Vais ter saudade, baiana
You'll miss it, my darling
Ponho sempre por semana cinco cartas no correio
I always send five letters a week
Gasto sola de sapato
Wearing out the soles of my shoes
Mas aqui custa barato cada sola de sapato
But here each shoe sole is cheap
Custa um samba, um samba e meio
Costs a samba, a samba and a half
E o resto...
And the rest...
O resto não dá despesa
The rest doesn't cost me anything
Viver não me custa nada
Living doesn't cost me a thing
Viver só me custa a vida
Living only costs me my life
A minha vida foi dada
My life was given
Viver não me custa nada
Living doesn't cost me a thing
Viver só me custa a vida
Living only costs me my life
A minha vida foi dada
My life was given
Viver não me custa nada...
Living doesn't cost me a thing...
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Key vocabulary
- deve
- must
- balanco
- balance
- saldo
- balance
- vou
- go
- sambar
- samba
- roda
- wheelB1
- bem
- goodA1
- guardado
- stored
- algum
- someA2
- tiver
- have
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About this song
Elis Regina was a Brazilian vocalist associated with bossa nova and MPB, known for peppery, emotionally driven singing. She became an international star for her interpretations of 1960s composers and for collaborations with Jair Rodrigues and Antonio Carlos Jobim.