EVINHA - ESPERAR PRA VER (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

 

 ATTENTION:

At the top, you’ll find the lyrics in Portuguese.

Below, the same song is presented in the following format: first, a word-for-word translation, then a meaning-based translation.

At the end, there is a glossary with all the words from the song.

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Evinha - Esperar pra ver (Wait and See)

No domingo eu li sua carta imensa contando tudo
On Sunday I read your letter huge telling everything
On Sunday I read your long letter telling everything

A primeira vez que eu soube o que pensa, soube de tudo
The first time that I knew what (you) think, knew of everything
The first time I knew what you think, I knew everything

E fiquei como quem não vive no mundo
And stayed like who not lives in the world
And I felt like someone who doesn’t live in this world

E daí esse meu silêncio profundo
And then this my silence deep
And then this deep silence of mine

Eu senti que a tristeza ia chegar e mudar
I felt that the sadness was going to arrive and change
I felt that sadness was coming and would change

Ia tomar o meu coração
Was going to take my heart
It was going to take my heart

Hoje não sei mais o que penso
Today I don’t know anymore what I think
Today I don’t know what I think anymore

Quero, o que procuro
I want, what (I) look for
(What) I want, what I am searching for

Eu queria tanto viver contigo o meu futuro
I wanted so much to live with you my future
I really wanted to live my future with you

Mas às vezes a coisa assim acontece
But sometimes the thing like this happens
But sometimes things happen like this

Aparece, parece, para aparece
Appears, seems, stops appearing
It appears, it seems, stops, appears

Hoje nada mais resta além de esperar
Today nothing else remains besides waiting
Today nothing else remains but to wait

Para ver alguma coisa acontecer
To see something happen
To see something happen

E chegar um novo dia
And arrive a new day
And a new day to arrive

E o silêncio acabar e um novo dia
And the silence to end and a new day
And for the silence to end and a new day

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Portuguese — English

domingo — Sunday
eu — I
li — read (past tense)
sua — your
carta — letter
imensa — huge / immense
contando — telling / counting
tudo — everything
a — the
primeira — first
vez — time (occasion)
que — that / which
soube — knew (past tense of saber)
o — the
pensa — (you) think / thinks
de — of / from
fiquei — stayed / became (past tense of ficar)
como — like / as
quem — who
não — not / no
vive — (he/she/you) live(s)
no — in the / on the (contraction of "em" + "o")
mundo — world
e — and
daí — then / from there
esse — this
meu — my
silêncio — silence
profundo — deep
senti — felt (past tense of sentir)
tristeza — sadness
ia — was going to (imperfect tense of ir)
chegar — to arrive / to come
mudar — to change
tomar — to take
coração — heart
hoje — today
sei — know (present tense of saber)
mais — more / anymore
penso — (I) think
quero — (I) want
procuro — (I) look for / search
queria — wanted (imperfect of querer)
tanto — so much / so many
viver — to live
contigo — with you
futuro — future
mas — but
às vezes — sometimes
coisa — thing
assim — like this / this way
acontece — happens
aparece — appears
parece — seems
para — stops / to / for (depends on context)
nada — nothing
resta — remains
além de — besides / beyond
esperar — to wait
para — to / for
ver — to see
alguma — some / any (feminine)
coisa — thing
acontecer — to happen
chegar — to arrive
novo — new
dia — day
acabar — to end