Secos & Molhados
Sangue latino lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Rock, MPB
- Length
- 2:08
Jurei mentiras e sigo sozinho
I swore lies and I remain alone
Assumo os pecados
I take on the sins
Os ventos do norte não movem moinhos
The northern winds do not move mills
E o que me resta é só um gemido
And what remains is just a moan
Minha vida, meus mortos, meus caminhos tortos
My life, my dead, my twisted paths
Meu sangue latino
My Latin blood
Minh'alma cativa
My captive soul
Rompi tratados, traí os ritos
I broke treaties, betrayed the rites
Quebrei a lança, lancei no espaço
I shattered the lance, threw it into space
Um grito, um desabafo
A scream, a venting
E o que me importa é não estar vencido
And what matters to me is not being defeated
Minha vida, meus mortos, meus caminhos tortos
My life, my dead, my twisted paths
Meu sangue latino
My Latin blood
Minh'alma cativa
My captive soul
Key vocabulary
- jurei
- swore
- mentiras
- liesA2
- sigo
- follow
- sozinho
- aloneA2
- assumo
- assume
- pecados
- sinsA2
- ventos
- windsA2
- norte
- northA1
- movem
- move
- moinhos
- mills
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About this song
Secos & Molhados was a Brazilian rock group formed in 1971 by João Ricardo and later featuring vocalists Ney Matogrosso and Gerson Conrad. It is known for its blend of Brazilian popular music influences with rock, marked by distinctive stage makeup, dramatic visuals, and literary poetry-based lyrics.