Choro
A.C. Jobim Lyrics
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Serão bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo miseráveis os poetas
Os seus versos serão bons
Mesmo porque as notas eram surdas
Quando um deus sonso e ladrão
Fez das tripas a primeira lira
E daí nasceram as baladas
E os arroubos de bandidos como eu
Cantando assim:
Você nasceu para mim
Você nasceu para mim
Mesmo que você feche os ouvidos
E as janelas do vestido
Minha musa vai cair em tentação
Mesmo porque estou falando grego
Com sua imaginação
Mesmo que você fuja de mim
Por labirintos e alçapões
Saiba que os poetas como os cegos
Podem ver na escuridão
E eis que, menos sábios do que antes
Os seus lábios ofegantes
Hão de se entregar assim
Me leve até o fim
Me leve até o fim
Mesmo que os romances sejam falsos como o nosso
São bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo sendo errados os amantes
Seus amores serão bons
In the song "Choro" by A.C. Jobim, the lyrics speak to the beauty of music and poetry. The lyrics suggest that even if the singers and poets are false or miserable, their songs and verses will still be beautiful. The reference to a "god" who turned his guts into the first lyre and created all music, speaks to the idea that music is a divine and timeless art form that transcends the mortal world. The singer then goes on to express their love for someone, stating that even if the person tries to resist their advances, the power of music and poetry will eventually make them surrender to their passion. The singer acknowledges that their romance may be false and wrong, but still sees the beauty in it.
Overall, the song speaks to the powerful force of music in human life, and the way it can transcend our individual faults and weaknesses. The idea that even false singers and miserable poets can create beautiful art is a testament to the universal appeal of music.
Line by Line Meaning
Mesmo que os cantores sejam falsos como eu
Even if singers are fake like me
Serão bonitas, não importa
The songs will still be beautiful, no matter what
São bonitas as canções
The songs are beautiful
Mesmo miseráveis os poetas
Even if the poets are miserable
Os seus versos serão bons
Their verses will still be good
Mesmo porque as notas eram surdas
Even because the notes were deaf
Quando um deus sonso e ladrão
When a sly and thief-like god
Fez das tripas a primeira lira
Made the first lyre out of guts
Que animou todos os sons
That animated all sounds
E daí nasceram as baladas
And hence arose ballads
E os arroubos de bandidos como eu
And the outbursts of bandits like me
Cantando assim:
Singing like this:
Você nasceu para mim
You were born for me
Mesmo que você feche os ouvidos
Even if you close your ears
E as janelas do vestido
And the windows of your dress
Minha musa vai cair em tentação
My muse will still give in to temptation
Mesmo porque estou falando grego
Even though I'm speaking Greek
Com sua imaginação
With your imagination
Mesmo que você fuja de mim
Even if you run away from me
Por labirintos e alçapões
Through labyrinths and traps
Saiba que os poetas como os cegos
Know that poets, like the blind
Podem ver na escuridão
Can see in the darkness
E eis que, menos sábios do que antes
And behold, less wise than before
Os seus lábios ofegantes
Your panting lips
Hão de se entregar assim
Will yield like that
Me leve até o fim
Take me to the end
Mesmo que os romances sejam falsos como o nosso
Even if romances are fake like ours
São bonitas, não importa
They are still beautiful, no matter what
São bonitas as canções
The songs are beautiful
Mesmo sendo errados os amantes
Even if the lovers are wrong
Seus amores serão bons
Their love will still be good
Lyrics © Tratore
Written by: CHICO BUARQUE, EDU LOBO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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