Arthur Nogueira - Papel Tesoura e Cola - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Arthur Nogueira - Papel Tesoura e Cola




Papel Tesoura e Cola
Paper Scissors and Glue
Dia de verão na Vista Chinesa
Summer day at the Chinese View
Eu, sozinho, era um mandarim frio
I, alone, was a cold mandarin
Mas vendo tudo do alto
But seeing everything from above
Tomado pela beleza
Taken by the beauty
Achei que em meu coração
I thought that in my heart
A tristeza era mesquinha
Sadness was mean
Pensar em mim e em você me pareceu avareza
Thinking about me and you seemed stingy to me
Tendo em vista que nós somos bem menores
Considering that we are much smaller
Vistos do Alto da Boa Vista
Seen from the top of Boa Vista
Janeiro, bicicletas, bem-te-vis
January, bikes, jays
Entraram pelos meus olhos
Entered through my eyes
Abrindo em cheio meu peito
Opening my chest wide
Que sombra demoraria à luz de tantas lanternas?
What shadow would linger in the light of so many lanterns?
Mesmo a noite mais profunda logo se incendiara
Even the deepest night would soon catch fire
E decerto morreríamos depois da madrugada
And certainly, we would die only after dawn
Era uma tarde chinesa
It was a Chinese afternoon
Tarde de mim sem você
Afternoon of me without you
Quando vi que nós dois juntos
When I saw that the two of us together
Não valíamos a cena
Were not worth the scene





Writer(s): Eucanaa Ferraz, Arthur Valente Nogueira


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