Quando Eu Morri Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Quando eu morri em dezembro

When I died in December

De mil novecentos e setenta e dois

Of one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two

Esperava ressuscitar e juntar os pedaços

I expected to resurrect and gather the pieces


Da minha cabeça

From my head

Um tempo depois um psiquiatra disse

Some time later, a psychiatrist said

Que eu forçasse a barra

That I should push myself

E me esforçasse pra voltar à vida

And make an effort to return to life

E eu parei de tomar ácido lisérgico

And I stopped taking lysergic acid

E fiquei quieto lambendo minha própria ferida

And stayed still, licking my own wound

Sem saber se era crime ou castigo

Not knowing if it was a crime or punishment


E se havia outro cordão no meu umbigo

And if there was another cord in my umbilical

Pra de novo arrebentar

To break again

Pois eu fui puxado à ferro

Because I was pulled with force

Arrancado do útero materno

Torn from the maternal womb

E apanhei pra poder chorar

And beaten so I could cry

Quando eu morri suando frio

When I died, sweating cold

Vi Jimi Hendrix tocando nuvens distorcidas

I saw Jimi Hendrix playing distorted clouds

Eu nem consegui falar

I couldn't even speak

E depois por um momento

And then, for a moment

O céu virou fragmento do inferno

The sky turned into a fragment of hell

Em que eu tive que entrar

That I had to enter

Eu sentia tanto medo, só queria dormir cedo

I felt so afraid, I just wanted to sleep early


Pra noite passar depressa

For the night to pass quickly

E não poder me agarrar

And not be able to cling

Noites de garras de aço

Nights of steel claws

Me cortavam em mil pedaços

Cut me into a thousand pieces

E no outro dia eu tinha que me remendar

And the next day, I had to patch myself up

E se a vida pede a morte

And if life asks for death

Talvez seja muita sorte eu ainda estar aqui

Maybe it's a lot of luck that I'm still here

E a cada beijo do desejo

And with each kiss of desire

Eu me entorpeço e me esqueço

I numb myself and forget

De tudo que eu ainda não entendi

Everything I still haven't understood

Added by Rafael Oliveira
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau August 23, 2024
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