Elis Regina
Samba da pergunta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 1:33
Ela agora mora só no pensamento
She now lives only in thought
Ou então no firmamento
Or maybe in the firmament
Em tudo que no céu viaja
In everything that travels in the sky
Pode ser um astronauta
It could be an astronaut
Ou ainda um passarinho
Or still a little bird
Ou virou um pé de vento
Or she turned into a breeze
Pipa de papel de seda
A silk paper kite
Ou, quem sabe
Or, who knows
Um balãozinho
A little balloon
Pode estar num asteróide
She might be on an asteroid
Pode ser a Estrela Dalva
It could be the Morning Star
Que daqui se olha
That is seen from here
Pode estar morando em Marte
It could be living on Mars
Nunca mais se soube dela
Never to be heard from again
Desapareceu.
It vanished.
Key vocabulary
- agora
- nowA1
- mora
- lives
- só
- only
- firmamento
- firmament
- céu
- skyA2
- viaja
- travels
- astronauta
- astronautB1
- ainda
- stillA1
- passarinho
- birdB1
- virou
- turned
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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.