Elis Regina
Folhas secas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:36
Quando eu piso em folhas secas
When I step on dry leaves
Caídas de uma mangueira
Fallen from a mango tree
Penso na minha escola
I think of my school
E nos poetas da minha estação primeira
And the poets of my first season
Não sei quantas vezes
I don't know how many times
Subi o morro cantando
I climbed the hill singing
Sempre o sol me queimando
Always the sun burning me
E assim vou me acabando
And so I'm fading away
Quando o tempo avisar
When time will notify
Que eu não posso mais cantar
That I can no longer sing
Sei que vou sentir saudade
I know I'll feel longing
Ao lado do meu violão, da minha mocidade
Next to my guitar, from my youth
Quando eu piso em folhas secas
When I step on dry leaves
Caídas de uma mangueira
Fallen from a mango tree
Penso na minha escola
I think of my school
E nos poetas da minha estação primeira
And the poets of my first season
Não sei quantas vezes
I don't know how many times
Subi o morro cantando
I've climbed the hill singing
Sempre o sol me queimando
Always the sun burning me
E assim vou me acabando
And so I keep wearing away
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Key vocabulary
- folhas
- leavesA2
- secas
- droughtsA2
- caídas
- falls
- mangueira
- hoseC1
- penso
- thinkA2
- escola
- schoolA1
- poetas
- poetsB1
- estação
- stationA2
- primeira
- firstA2
- sei
- know
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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.