Cajuína Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Existirmos: A que será que se destina?

To exist: What could it be destined for?

Pois quando tu me deste a rosa pequenina

For when you gave me the tiny rose

Vi que és um homem lindo e que se acaso a sina

I saw that you are a beautiful man and that, perhaps, the fate

Do menino infeliz não se nos ilumina

Of the unhappy child does not enlighten us


Tampouco turva-se a lágrima nordestina

Nor does the northeastern tear become clouded

Apenas a matéria vida era tão fina

Only the material life was so delicate

E éramos olharmo-nos, intacta retina

And we were looking at each other, intact retina

A cajuína cristalina em Teresina

The crystalline cajuína in Teresina


Existirmos: A que será que se destina?

To exist: What could it be destined for?

Pois quando tu me deste a rosa pequenina

For when you gave me the tiny rose

Vi que és um homem lindo e que se acaso a sina

I saw that you are a beautiful man and that, perhaps, the fate

Do menino infeliz não se nos ilumina

Of the unhappy child does not enlighten us


Tampouco turva-se a lágrima nordestina

Nor does the northeastern tear become clouded

Apenas a matéria vida era tão fina

Only the material life was so delicate

E éramos olharmo-nos, intacta retina

And we were looking at each other, intact retina

A cajuína cristalina em Teresina

The crystalline cajuína in Teresina


Existirmos: A que será que se destina?

To exist: What could it be destined for?

Pois quando tu me deste a rosa pequenina

For when you gave me the tiny rose

Vi que és um homem lindo e que se acaso a sina

I saw that you are a beautiful man and that, perhaps, the fate

Do menino infeliz não se nos ilumina

Of the unhappy child does not enlighten us


Tampouco turva-se a lágrima nordestina

Nor does the northeastern tear become clouded

Apenas a matéria vida era tão fina

Only the material life was so delicate

E éramos olharmo-nos, intacta retina

And we were looking at each other, intact retina

A cajuína cristalina em Teresina

The crystalline cajuína in Teresina

Added by Marta Oliveira
Luanda, Angola July 10, 2024
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