Ney Matogrosso - Tigresa - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Ney Matogrosso - 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 the golden brown skin
Do seu corpo contra o meu
Of her body against mine
Me falou que o mal é bom e o bem cruel
Told me that evil is good and good is cruel
Enquanto os pelos dessa deusa tremem ao vento ateu
While the hairs of this goddess tremble in the atheistic wind
Ela me conta sem certeza tudo o que viveu
She tells me without certainty everything she has lived through
Que gostava de política em mil novecentos e sessenta e seis
That she liked politics in nineteen sixty-six
E hoje dança no Frenetic Dancin' Days
And today she dances in the Frenetic Dancin' 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
She was happy with some men and with others she was a woman
Que tem muito ódio no coração, que tem dado muito amor
That she has a lot of hate 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 is going to 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, vivam sempre em comunhão
Where we and nature happy, will always live in communion
E a tigresa possa mais do que o leão
And the tigress may be 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 girlish nonsense she said did not
E eu corri pro violão num lamento
And I ran to 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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