Histórias do Violão Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

O violão pediu

The guitar asked

O violão pediu

The guitar asked

Que eu falasse por ele

That I spoke for it

Contasse as histórias das noites passadas

Told the stories of past nights

Que a gente sonhava na mesa do bar

That we dreamed at the bar


De lábios que se procuravam

Lips that sought each other

E mãos de carinho pra dar

And hands of affection to give

E mil arrepios pela pele

And a thousand shivers through the skin

Nas almas de vinho querendo se amar

In souls of wine wanting to love each other


O violão chorou

The guitar cried

E eu chorando com ele

And I crying with it

Segui recordando moinhos Quixotes

I continued recalling windmills, Quixotes

Histórias de fogo e de escuridão

Stories of fire and darkness


As cruzes dos campos abertos

The crosses of open fields

E lenços cansados de adeus

And handkerchiefs tired of goodbyes

Fraqueza, ganância, miséria

Weakness, greed, misery

As guerras dos homens em nome de Deus

The wars of men in the name of God


O violão pediu

The guitar asked

Que eu cantasse com ele

That I sing with it

Cantigas do tempo, o que é velho o que é novo

Songs of time, what is old, what is new

Que nunca se alcança está sempre a passar

That is never reached, always passing by


Os filhos que foram embora

The children who left

Os pais que ainda virão

The parents who will still come

Num mundo que morre e renasce

In a world that dies and is reborn

Que sonha na boca do meu violão

That dreams in the mouth of my guitar

Added by Hugo Almeida
Luanda, Angola September 27, 2024
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