Chico Buarque - Renata Maria - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Chico Buarque - Renata Maria




Renata Maria
Renata Maria
Ela, era ela, era ela no centro da tela
She was there, she was there, she was there in the centre of the screen
Daquela manhã
Of that morning,
Tudo o que não era ela se desvaneceu
Everything that was not her faded away
Cristo, montanhas, florestas, acácias, ipês
Christ, mountains, forests, acacias, trumpet trees
Pranchas coladas na crista das ondas
Planks stuck on the crest of the waves
As ondas suspensas no ar
The waves suspended in the air
Pássaros cristalizados
Crystalline birds
No branco do céu
In the white of the sky
E eu atolado na areia
And I, stuck in the sand
Perdia meus pés
Losing my feet
Músicas imaginei
I imagined melodies
Mas o assombro gelou
But my astonishment froze
Na minha boca as palavras
The words in my mouth
Que eu ia falar
That I was going to say
Nem uma brisa soprou
Not a single breeze blew
Enquanto Renata Maria
As Renata Maria
Saía do mar
Came out of the sea
Dia após dia na praia com olhos vazados
Day after day on the beach with hollow eyes
De não a ver
From no longer seeing her
Quieto como um pescador
Silent as a fisherman
A juntar seus anzóis
Collecting his hooks
Ou como algum salva-vidas
Or as a lifeguard
No banco dos réus
In the dock
Noite na praia deserta, deserta, deserta
Night on a deserted beach, deserted, deserted
Daquela mulher
Of that woman
Praia repleta de rastros
Beach full of tracks
Em mil direções
In a thousand directions
Penso que todos os passos perdidos são meus
I think all these lost footsteps are mine
Eu sabia, meu Deus, tão fulgurante visão
I already knew, my God, such a dazzling vision
Não se produz duas vezes num mesmo lugar
Will not appear twice in the same place
Mas que danado fui eu
But how foolish I was
Enquanto Renata Maria
As Renata Maria
Saía do mar
Came out of the sea.





Writer(s): Francisco Buarque De Hollanda, A/k/a Chico Buarque, Ivan Guimares Lins


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