Luiz Melodia
Congênito lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1976
- Genre
- MPB, Samba
- Length
- 3:33
Se a gente falasse menos
If we talked less
Talvez compreendesse mais
Maybe we would understand more
Teatro, boate, cinema
Theater, nightclub, cinema
Qualquer prazer não satisfaz
Any pleasure does not satisfy
Palavra figura de espanto
Words are figures of astonishment
Quanto na terra tento descansar
As much as I try to rest on this earth
Se a gente falasse menos
If we talked less
Talvez compreendesse mais
Maybe we would understand more
Teatro, boate, cinema
Theater, nightclub, cinema
Qualquer prazer não satisfaz
Any pleasure does not satisfy
Palavra figura de espanto
Word, a figure of astonishment
Quanto na terra tento descansar
How much I try to rest on this earth
Mas o tudo que se tem
But all that one has
Não representa nada
Represents nothing
Tá na cara
It's glaringly obvious
Que o jovem tem seu automóvel
That the young have their cars
O tudo que se tem
All that one has
Não representa tudo
Doesn't represent everything
O puro conteúdo é consideração
The pure essence is respect
Que não vê
That remains unseen
Goza de consideração
Enjoy the regard
Que não vê
That you don't see
Tão saia consideração
Such a dress of consideration
Que não vê
That you don't see
Não goza de considera...
Doesn't enjoy the regard...
Se a gente falasse menos
If we spoke less
Talvez compreendesse mais
Maybe we'd understand more
Teatro, boate, cinema
Theater, club, cinema
Qualquer prazer não satisfaz
Any pleasure doesn't satisfy
Palavra figura de espanto
Word, a figure of astonishment
Quanto na terra tento descansar
How much I try to rest on this earth
Se a gente falasse menos
If we spoke less
Talvez compreendesse mais
Maybe we'd understand more
Teatro, boate, cinema
Theater, nightclub, cinema
Qualquer prazer não satisfaz
Any pleasure doesn't satisfy
Palavra figura de espanto
Words, a figure of astonishment
Quanto na terra tento descansar
How much I try to rest on this earth
Mas o tudo que se tem
But everything that you have
Não representa nada
Represents nothing
Tá na cara
It's all too obvious
Que o jovem tem seu automóvel
That the young one has their automobile
O tudo que se tem
Everything that one has
Não representa tudo
Doesn't represent all
O puro conteúdo é consideração
The pure content is respect
Não goza de consideração
Doesn't enjoy respect
Que não vê
That doesn't see
Então saia consideração
So respect walks out
Que não vê
That doesn't see
Sai consideração
Respect leaves
Que não vê
That doesn't see
Não goza de consideração
Don't revel in consideration
Vê
See
Sai consideração
Leave consideration
Que não vê
For what you can't see
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Key vocabulary
- gente
- peopleA1
- falasse
- talk
- menos
- lessA2
- talvez
- maybeA1
- compreendesse
- understood
- mais
- moreA1
- teatro
- theaterA2
- boate
- nightclubB2
- qualquer
- any
- prazer
- pleasureA2
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About this song
Luiz Melodia was a Brazilian composer and interpreter associated with MPB, known for songs that bridge traditional samba from Estácio with pop and for his tracks that were recorded by major singers including Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia. He also became a notable stage-name figure after early work in the 1970s and achieved wider recognition through hits such as “Pérola Negra” and “Maravilhas Contemporâneas,” which reached mass media via a television theme.