Zé Ramalho
Chão de Giz (Ao Vivo 2005) (Clipe Oficial) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Length
- 4:00
Eu desço dessa solidão, espalho coisas sobre um chão de giz
I descend from this solitude, spreading things on a chalky floor
Há meros devaneios tolos a me torturar
There are mere foolish daydreams torturing me
Fotografias recortadas em jornais de folhas, amiúde
Photographs cut out from sheets of newspapers, often
Eu vou te jogar num pano de guardar confetes
I'm going to toss you in a cloth for keeping confetti
(Eu vou te jogar num pano de guardar confetes)
(I'm going to toss you in a cloth for keeping confetti)
Disparo balas de canhão, é inútil, pois existe um grão-vizir
I fire cannonballs, it's futile, for there's a grand vizier
Há tantas violetas velhas sem um colibri
There are so many old violets without a hummingbird
Queria usar, quem sabe, uma camisa de força ou de Vênus
I wanted to wear, perhaps, a straitjacket or one from Venus
Mas não vou gozar de nós, apenas um cigarro
But I won’t indulge in us, just a cigarette
Nem vou lhe beijar, gastando assim o meu batom
Nor will I kiss you, wasting my lipstick like that
Agora pego um caminhão, na lona, vou a nocaute outra vez
Now I take a truck, on the canvas, I'm knocked out again
Pra sempre fui acorrentado no seu calcanhar
I was forever chained to your heel
Meus vinte anos de boy, that's over, baby, Freud explica
My twenty years as a boy, that's over, baby, Freud explains it
Não vou me sujar fumando apenas um cigarro
I won't get dirty just smoking a cigarette
Nem vou lhe beijar, gastando assim o meu batom
Nor will I kiss you, wasting my lipstick like that
Quanto ao pano dos confetes, já passou meu carnaval
As for the confetti rags, my carnival has passed
E isso explica por que o sexo é assunto popular
And that explains why sex is a popular topic
No mais, estou indo embora
As for the rest, I'm leaving
No mais, (estou indo embora)
As for the rest, (I'm leaving)
No mais, (estou indo embora)
As for the rest, (I'm leaving)
No mais...
No more...
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Key vocabulary
- apenas
- onlyA2
- balas
- bulletsA2
- beijar
- kissA2
- caminhão
- truckA2
- chão
- groundA2
- cigarro
- cigaretteA2
- desço
- descendA2
- disparo
- shotA2
- existe
- existsA2
- folhas
- leavesA2
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About this song
Zé Ramalho is a Brazilian singer-songwriter associated with Northeastern Brazilian pop and folk music. Active since the 1970s, he is known for fusing pop with Northeastern folklore and for writing and performing songs such as “Admirável Gado Novo” that draw on social themes and mystical influences.