São Coisas Nossas (Coisas Nossas) Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Queria ser pandeiro

Wanted to be a pandeiro

Pra sentir o dia inteiro

To feel the whole day

A tua mão na minha pele a batucar

Your hand on my skin, tapping away

Saudade do violão e da palhoça

Saudade for the guitar and the hut

Coisa nossa, coisa nossa

Our thing, our thing


O samba, a prontidão

The samba, the readiness

E outras bossas,

And other styles,

São nossas coisas,

Are our things,

São coisas nossas!

They are our things!


Malandro que não bebe,

Malandro who doesn't drink,

Que não come,

Who doesn't eat,

Que não abandona o samba

Who doesn't abandon the samba

Pois o samba mata a fome,

Because the samba kills hunger,

Morena bem bonita lá da roça,

Very pretty brunette from the countryside,

Coisa nossa, coisa nossa

Our thing, our thing


O samba, a prontidão

The samba, the readiness

E outras bossas,

And other styles,

São nossas coisas,

Are our things,

São coisas nossas!

They are our things!


Baleiro, jornaleiro

Candy seller, newsstand owner

Motorneiro, condutor e passageiro,

Driver, conductor, and passenger,

Prestamista e o vigarista

Moneylender and the swindler

E o bonde que parece uma carroça,

And the tram that looks like a cart,

Coisa nossa, muito nossa

Our thing, very much ours


O samba, a prontidão

The samba, the readiness

E outras bossas,

And other styles,

São nossas coisas,

Are our things,

São coisas nossas!

They are our things!


Menina que namora

Girl who dates

Na esquina e no portão

On the corner and at the gate

Rapaz casado com dez filhos, sem tostão,

Married guy with ten kids, without a penny,

Se o pai descobre o truque dá uma coça

If the father finds out the trick, he gives a beating

Coisa nossa, muito nossa

Our thing, very much ours


O samba, a prontidão

The samba, the readiness

E outras bossas,

And other styles,

São nossas coisas,

Are our things,

São coisas nossas!

They are our things!

Added by Carla Silva
Faro, Portugal September 9, 2024
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