Caetano Veloso - Tigresa - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Caetano Veloso - Tigresa




Tigresa
Tigress
Uma tigresa de unhas negras e íris cor de mel
A tigress with black claws and honey-colored irises
Uma mulher, uma beleza que me aconteceu
A woman, a beauty that happened to me
Esfregando a pele de ouro marrom
Rubbing her golden-brown skin
Do seu corpo contra o meu
Her body against mine
Me falou que o mal é bom e o bem cruel
She told me that evil is good and good is cruel
Enquanto os pelos dessa deusa tremem ao vento ateu
As the hair of this goddess trembles in the atheist wind
Ela me conta sem certeza tudo o que viveu
She tells me without certainty everything she has lived
Que gostava de política em 1966
That she liked politics in 1966
E hoje dança no frenetic dancin' days
And today she dances on frenetic dancing days
Ela me conta que era atriz e trabalhou no Hair
She tells me that she was an actress and worked in Hair
Com alguns homens foi feliz, com outros foi mulher
With some men she was happy, with others she was a woman
Que tem muito ódio no coração, que tem dado muito amor
That she has a lot of hatred in her heart, that she has given a lot of love
E espalhado muito prazer e muita dor
And spread a lot of pleasure and a lot of pain
Mas ela ao mesmo tempo diz que tudo vai mudar
But at the same time she says that everything will change
Porque ela vai ser o que quis inventando um lugar
Because she is going to be what she wanted to be by inventing a place
Onde a gente e a natureza feliz
Where people and nature are happy
Vivam sempre em comunhão
Always living in communion
E a tigresa possa mais do que o leão
And the tiger can do more than the lion
As garras da felina me marcaram o coração
The claws of the feline marked my heart
Mas as besteiras de menina que ela disse, não
But the silly girly things she said, no
E eu corri pra o violão, num lamento
And I ran for the guitar, in a lament
E a manhã nasceu azul
And the morning was born blue
Como é bom poder tocar um instrumento
How good it is to be able to play an instrument
Uma tigresa de unhas negras e íris cor de mel
A tigress with black claws and honey-colored irises
Uma mulher, uma beleza que me aconteceu
A woman, a beauty that happened to me
Esfregando a pele de ouro marrom
Rubbing her golden-brown skin
Do seu corpo contra o meu
Her body against mine
Me falou que o mal é bom e o bem cruel
She told me that evil is good and good is cruel
Enquanto os pelos dessa deusa tremem ao vento ateu
As the hair of this goddess trembles in the atheist wind
Ela me conta sem certeza tudo o que viveu
She tells me without certainty everything she has lived
Que gostava de política em 1966
That she liked politics in 1966
E hoje dança no frenetic dancin' days
And today she dances on frenetic dancing days
Ela me conta que era atriz e trabalhou no Hair
She tells me that she was an actress and worked in Hair
Com alguns homens foi feliz, com outros foi mulher
With some men she was happy, with others she was a woman
Que tem muito ódio no coração, que tem dado muito amor
That she has a lot of hatred in her heart, that she has given a lot of love
E espalhado muito prazer e muita dor
And spread a lot of pleasure and a lot of pain
Mas ela ao mesmo tempo diz que tudo vai mudar
But at the same time she says that everything will change
Porque ela vai ser o que quis inventando um lugar
Because she is going to be what she wanted to be by inventing a place
Onde a gente e a natureza feliz
Where people and nature are happy
Vivam sempre em comunhão
Always living in communion
E a tigresa possa mais do que o leão
And the tiger can do more than the lion
As garras da felina me marcaram o coração
The claws of the feline marked my heart
Mas as besteiras de menina que ela disse, não
But the silly girly things she said, no
E eu corri pra o violão, num lamento
And I ran for the guitar, in a lament
E a manhã nasceu azul
And the morning was born blue
Como é bom poder tocar um instrumento
How good it is to be able to play an instrument





Writer(s): Caetano Veloso


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