Paroles et traduction Milton Nascimento - Only a Dream in Rio

Only a Dream in Rio

A Terra é minha mãe
O mar é o meu chão
O verde é a luz
Sorrindo em meu olhar

Pois eu digo
É mesmo um sonho o Rio
Tudo será como deve ser
Quero estar com você lá

Eu garanto
É um lugar diferente
A minha gente carrega uma cruz
Mas tem força pra mudar

Strange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the Portuguese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the summer breeze
Float on

It's alright, you can stay asleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of paradise
To call your keeper and to tender your goodbyes

Oh, what a night (oh, what a night)
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire Brazilian
Oh, holy southern cross

Later on
Take me way downtown in a tin can
I can't come down from the bandstand
I'm never thrown for such a loss
When they say

O lugar de onde eu vim
Brota no coração
O lugar onde eu nasci
Está no mundo e em mim

O lugar que a gente sonhar
Pode existir, existirá
Vive em nós e viverá
Enquanto houver canção

Caught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldier's gun
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd
The mild, the wild and the hungry child

I'll tell you
It's more than a dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
Dói demais o coração

E era mais
Mais do que nossas vozes
Mais do que o nosso rosto
Mais do que a luz do olhar

But it's more than the shining eye
(Mais do que a luz do olhar)
More than the steaming green
(Mais do que o verdejar)

More than the hidden hills
(Tudo o que não se viu)
More than the concrete Christ
(Mais do que o Redentor)

More than a distant land
(Mais do que a Terra mãe)
Over the shining sea
(Mais do que o céu e o mar)

More than a hungry child
(A fome a nos doer)
More like another time
(O tempo a nos curtir)

Born of a million years
(Mais do que um milhão)
More than a million years
(De anos pra sonhar)

Only a Dream in Rio

The Earth is my mother
The sea is my floor
The green is the light
Smiling in my gaze

Because I say
Rio is truly a dream
Everything will be as it should be
I want to be there with you

I guarantee
It's a different place
My people carry a cross
But they have the strength to change

Strange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the Portuguese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the summer breeze
Float on

It's alright, you can stay asleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of paradise
To call your keeper and to tender your goodbyes

Oh, what a night (oh, what a night)
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire Brazilian
Oh, holy southern cross

Later on
Take me way downtown in a tin can
I can't come down from the bandstand
I'm never thrown for such a loss
When they say

The place from where I came
Springs in the heart
The place where I was born
Is in the world and in me

The place that we dream of
Can exist, it will exist
Lives in us and will live
As long as there is song

Caught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldier's gun
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd
The mild, the wild and the hungry child

I'll tell you
It's more than a dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
The heart aches too much

And it was more
More than our voices
More than our face
More than the light in the eyes

But it's more than the shining eye
(More than the light in the eyes)
More than the steaming green
(More than the greenery)

More than the hidden hills
(Everything that was not seen)
More than the concrete Christ
(More than the Redeemer)

More than a distant land
(More than the Earth Mother)
Over the shining sea
(More than the sky and the sea)

More than a hungry child
(Hunger hurts us)
More like another time
(Time to enjoy us)

Born of a million years
(More than a million)
More than a million years
(Of years to dream)