Quando o Carnaval Chegar Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Quem me vê sempre parado

Who sees me always standing still

Distante, garante que eu não sei sambar

Distant, assures that I don't know how to samba

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Eu tô só vendo, sabendo

I'm just watching, knowing

Sentindo, escutando e não posso falar

Feeling, listening, and I can't speak

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives


Eu vejo as pernas de louça

I see the porcelain legs

Da moça que passa e não posso pegar

Of the girl who passes, and I can't grab

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Há quanto tempo desejo seu beijo

For how long I've desired your kiss

Melado de maracujá

Dripping with passion fruit

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives


E quem me ofende, humilhando, pisando

And those who offend me, humiliating, trampling

Pensando que eu vou aturar

Thinking that I'll put up with

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

E quem me vê apanhando da vida

And those who see me taking hits from life

Duvida que eu vá revidar

Doubt that I'll retaliate

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives


Eu vejo a barra do dia surgindo

I see the edge of the day emerging

Pedindo pra gente cantar

Asking for us to sing

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Eu tenho tanta alegria, adiada

I have so much joy, postponed

Abafada, quem dera gritar

Suppressed, I wish I could shout

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives


Mas eu já tô indo embora

But I'm already leaving

Um outro que agora me tome o lugar

Let another one now take my place


Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Tô me guardando pra quando o carnaval chegar

I'm saving myself for when the carnival arrives

Added by António Silva
Lisbon, Portugal December 23, 2024
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