Elis Regina
O caçador de esmeralda lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:28
Verde que te quiero oro
Green, how I love you, gold
Bandeiras removendo a terra
Flags removing the earth
Esmeralda que aguarda agora
Emerald that now awaits
No riacho além de Tordesilhas
In the stream beyond Tordesilhas
É, Fernão se apaixonou como um selvagem
Yeah, Fernão fell in love like a wild man
Pela sereia do sertão, na água
With the mermaid of the hinterland, in the water
Imagem virgem
Virgin image
Miragem esverdeada
Greenish mirage
No mel das abelhas e nos frutos
In the honey of the bees and in the fruits
O gosto dela, a febre da paixão
Her taste, the fever of passion
Fernão se esmerava na conquista
Fernão was striving for conquest
De Esmeralda, inferno de Fernão
Of Esmeralda, Fernão's hell
E um dia
And one day
No fusca duas portas, dois amantes
In a two-door Beetle, two lovers
Fernão louco, Esmeralda desvairada
Fernão crazy, Esmeralda untamed
O enleio dos delirantes
The entanglement of the delirious
No Recreio dos Bandeirantes
In the Recreio dos Bandeirantes
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Key vocabulary
- mel
- honeyA2
- virgem
- virginA2
- verde
- greenA1
- quiero
- want
- oro
- goldB2
- bandeiras
- flagsA2
- removendo
- removing
- terra
- earthB1
- esmeralda
- emerald
- aguarda
- wait
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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.