João Gilberto
Coisa Mais Linda lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:01
Coisa mais bonita é você
The most beautiful thing is you
Assim, justinho você
Just like that, fitting you
Eu juro, eu não sei por que você
I swear, I don’t know why you
Você é mais bonita que a flor
You are more beautiful than the flower
Quem dera, a primavera da flor
If only the spring of the flower
Tivesse todo esse aroma de beleza
Had all this aroma of beauty
Que é o amor
That is love
Perfumando a natureza
Perfuming nature
Numa forma de mulher
In the form of a woman
Porque tão linda assim não existe
Because nothing so beautiful exists
A flor, nem mesmo a cor não existe
The flower, not even the color exists
E o amor, nem mesmo o amor existe
And love, not even love exists
Porque tão linda assim não existe
Because nothing so beautiful exists like this
A flor, nem mesmo a cor não existe
The flower, not even the color exists
E o amor, nem mesmo o amor existe
And love, not even love exists
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Key vocabulary
- todo
- allA1
- coisa
- thingA1
- mais
- moreA1
- bonita
- prettyA2
- assim
- thusA1
- justinho
- just right
- juro
- I swearA2
- sei
- know
- flor
- flowerA1
- dera
- would have
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About this song
João Gilberto was a Brazilian singer and guitarist associated with bossa nova, and one of its key architects. He is known for shaping the style through understated acoustic guitar rhythms and a restrained vocal approach that helped define the samba and jazz-informed sound, including on seminal recordings such as Chega de Saudade and Getz/Gilberto.