Sérgio Mendes
Senhoras Do Amazonas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, MPB
- Length
- 4:41
É bao-bananeira
It's a bao-banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's a bao-baobab
É bao-bananeira
It's a bao-banana tree
Rio, vim saber de ti e vi
River, I came to learn of you and saw
Vi teu tropical sem fim
I saw your endless tropical expanse
Quadrou de ser um mar
It squared up to be a sea
Longe Anhangá
Far away, Anhangá
Tantas cunhãs e eu curumim
So many women and I'm just a kid
O uirapuru
The uirapuru
Ó, lua azul
Oh, blue moon
Cantou pra mim
Sang to me
Rio, vim saber de ti, meu mar
River, I came to know about you, my sea
Negro maracá jari
Black maraca jari
Pará, Paris jardim
Pará, Paris garden
Muiraquitãs
Muiraquitãs
Tantas manhãs, nós no capim
So many mornings, we in the grass
Jurupari
Jurupari
Ó, Deus daqui
Oh, God from here
Jurou assim
Swore like this
Por que fugir se enfim me queres?
Why flee if in the end you want me?
Só me feriu como me feres
Only hurt me like you do
A mais civilizada das mulheres
The most civilized of women
Rio, vim saber de ti e vi
Rio, I came to learn of you and saw
Vi teu tropical sem fim
I saw your endless tropics
Quadrou de ser um mar
It turned out to be a sea
Longe Anhangá
Far away Anhangá
Tantas cunhãs e eu curumim
So many maidens and I'm just a kid
O uirapuru
The uirapuru
Ó, lua azul
Oh, blue moon
Cantou pra mim
Sang for me
Rio, vim saber de ti, meu mar
Rio, I came to know about you, my sea
Negro maracá jari
Black maracá jari
Pará, Paris jardim
Pará, Paris garden
Muiraquitãs
Muiraquitãs
Tantas manhãs, nós no capim
So many mornings, us in the grass
Jurupari
Jurupari
Ó, Deus daqui
Oh, God from here
Jurou assim
Swore like this
Senhoras do Amazonas que sois
Ladies of the Amazon, you who are
Donas dos homens e das setas
Mistresses of men and arrows
Por que já não amais vossos poetas?
Why do you no longer love your poets?
Senhoras do Amazonas que sois
Ladies of the Amazon, you are
Donas dos homens e das setas
Mistresses of men and arrows
Por que já não amais vossos poetas?
Why do you no longer love your poets?
É bao-bananeira
It's a banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's a baobab
É bao-bananeira
It's a banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's a baobab
É bao-bananeira
It's a banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's a baobab
É bao-bananeira
It's bao-banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's bao-baobab
É bao-bananeira
It's bao-banana tree
É bao-baobá
It's bao-baobab
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Key vocabulary
- bao-bananeira
- banana palm
- bao-baobá
- baobab
- rio
- riverA1
- vim
- came
- saber
- knowA2
- vi
- saw
- fim
- endA1
- quadrou
- framed
- mar
- seaA1
- longe
- farA1
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About this song
Sérgio Mendes was a Brazilian musician and bandleader associated with bossa nova, blending jazz, funk, and pop. He is best known for his international success with Brasil ’66 and hits such as “Mas Que Nada” and “The Look of Love.”