Lampião de Gás Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Da sua luzinha verde azulada

With your bluish-green little light

Que iluminava a minha janela

That illuminated my window

Do almofadinha lá da calçada

From the dandy there on the sidewalk

Palheta branca, calça apertada

White pick, tight pants


Do bilboquê, do diabolô

From bilboquet, from diabolo

Me dá foguinho, vai no vizinho

Give me a little fire, go to the neighbor

De pular corda, brincar de roda

Jumping rope, playing in a circle

De Benjamim, Jagunço e Chiquinho

With Benjamim, Jagunço, and Chiquinho


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Do bonde aberto, do carvoeiro

From the open streetcar, from the coal man

Do vassoureiro, com seu pregão

From the broom seller, with his chant

Da vovozinha, muito branquinha

From grandma, very fair

Fazendo roscas, sequilhos e pão

Making twists, biscuits, and bread


Da garoinha fria, fininha

From the cold, thin drizzle

Escorregando pela vidraça

Sliding down the windowpane

Do sabugueiro grande e cheiroso

From the large and fragrant elderberry

Lá do quintal da rua da graça

There in the backyard of Graça Street


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me


Da minha São Paulo, calma e serena

From my São Paulo, calm and serene

Que era pequena, mas grande demais

That was small but too big

Agora cresceu, mas tudo morreu

Now it has grown, but everything has died

Lampião de gás que saudade me traz

Gas lamp, how much longing you bring to me


Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Lampião de gás

Gas lamp

Quanta saudade

How much longing

Você me traz

You bring to me

Added by Fernanda Souza
Porto Alegre, Brazil May 29, 2025
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