Há muita gente
There are a lot of people
Song translation
Clarice
Caetano Veloso
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66 lines, first 50 translated
Lyrics and Translation
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Apagada pelo tempo
Erased by time
Nos papéis desta lembrança
In the papers of this souvenir
Que tão pouca me ficou
That I have so little left
Igrejas brancas
white churches
Luas claras nas varandas
Bright moons on balconies
Jardins de sonho e cirandas
Dream gardens and cirandas
Foguetes claros no ar
Light rockets in the air
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Pra guardar-se assim tão firme
To hold on so tight
No coração
In the heart
Clarice era morena
Clarice was brunette
Como as manhãs são morenas
How the mornings are dark
Era pequena no jeito
It was small in the way
De não ser quase ninguém
Of being almost nobody
Andou conosco, caminhos
Walked with us, paths
De frutas e passarinhos
Of fruits and birds
Mas jamais quis se despir
But I never wanted to undress
Entre os meninos e os peixes
Between the boys and the fish
Entre os meninos e os peixes
Between the boys and the fish
Entre os meninos e os peixes, do rio, do rio
Between the boys and the fish, from the river, from the river
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Pra guardar-se assim tão firme
To hold on so tight
No coração
In the heart
Tinha receio do frio
I was afraid of the cold
Medo de assombração
Fear of haunting
Um corpo que não mostrava
A body that didn't show
Feito de adivinhação
Made of divination
Os botões sempre fechados
The buttons are always closed
Clarice tinha o recato
Clarice had the modesty
De convento e procissão
Convent and procession
Eu pergunto o mistério
I ask the mystery
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Pra guardar-se assim tão firme, no coração
To keep yourself so firm, in your heart
Soldado fez continência
Soldier saluted
O coronel, reverência
The colonel, bow
O padre fez penitência
The priest did penance
Três novena e uma trezena
Three novenas and one thirteenna
Mas Clarice era a inocência
But Clarice was innocence
Nunca mostrou-se a ninguém
Never showed himself to anyone
Fez-se modelo das lendas
Made himself a model of legends
Fez-se modelo das lendas
Made himself a model of legends
Das lendas que nos contaram
Of the legends they told us
As avós
The grandmothers
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Que mistério tem Clarice?
What mystery does Clarice have?
Pra guardar-se assim tão firme
To hold on so tight
No coração
In the heart
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
mistrio
mystery
guardar-se
guard yourself
assim
like this
firme
firm
corao
heart
entre
between