Seu Jorge
Mada lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Samba, MPB
- Length
- 4:32
Tanto tempo se passou e eu sem saber
So much time has passed and I still don't know
Aonde te encontrar
Where to find you
Não sei o que fazer, nem onde você mora
I don't know what to do, nor where you live
Queria com você viver uma história de amor
I wanted to live a love story with you
Todo mundo tem um jeito de ser e você tem o seu
Everyone has a way of being and you have yours
Um charme, um brilho, um clima, um tipo, um negócio
A charm, a sparkle, a vibe, a kind, a thing
Que eu acho muito parecido com o meu
That I think is very much like mine
E o seu nome eu precisei abreviar p'ra eu cantar
And I had to shorten your name for me to sing
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Preta linda
Beautiful black girl
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Fantástica
Fantastic
Ó Madá
Oh Madá
Todo mundo tem um jeito de ser e você tem o seu
Everyone has their own way of being and you have yours
Um charme, um brilho, um clima, um tipo, um negócio
A charm, a sparkle, a vibe, a type, a thing
Que eu acho muito parecido com o meu
That I think is very similar to mine
E o seu nome eu precisei abreviar p'ra eu cantar
And I had to shorten your name so I could sing
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Preta linda
Beautiful black girl
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Fantástica
Fantastic
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena, Madalena, yeah yeah yeah
Madalena, Madalena, yeah yeah yeah
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Preta linda
Beautiful black
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
Oh oh, Madalena
Oh oh, Madalena
Madalena, oh
Madalena, oh
Madalena, eh
Madalena, eh
Madalena, eh eh eh
Madalena, eh eh eh
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Preta linda
Beautiful black woman
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Simpática
So charming
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena, Madalena, yeah yeah yeah
Madalena, Madalena, yeah yeah yeah
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Ó Mada
Oh Mada
Madalena
Madalena
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Key vocabulary
- tanto
- so muchA2
- tempo
- timeA1
- passou
- passedA2
- saber
- knowA1
- aonde
- where to
- encontrar
- findA2
- sei
- know
- fazer
- doB2
- mora
- lives
- queria
- would like
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About this song
Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician and actor from Rio de Janeiro who performs samba with influences from pop and international art music. He is known for his solo albums and for singing Portuguese-language covers, including David Bowie tracks, and for appearing in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.