Nai Sonho Mais
Chico Buarque Lyrics


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Hoje eu sonhei contigo
Tanta desdita, amor
Nem te digo
Tanto castigo
Que eu tava aflita de te contar

Foi um sonho medonho
Desses que às vezes a gente sonha
E baba na fronha
E se urina toda
E quer sufocar

Meu amor
Vi chegando um trem de candango
Formando um bando
Mas que era um bando de orangotango
Pra te pegar

Vinha nego humilhado
Vinha morto-vivo
Vinha flagelado
De tudo que é lado
Vinha um bom motivo
Pra te esfolar

Quanto mais tu corria
Mais tu ficava
Mais atolava
Mais te sujava
Amor, tu fedia
Empestava o are

Tu, que foi tão valente
Chorou pra gente
Pediu piedade
E olha que maldade
Me deu vontade
De gargalhar

Ao pé da ribanceira
Acabou-se a liça
E escarrei-te inteira
A tua carniça
E tinha justiça
Nesse escarrar

Te rasgamo a carcaça
Descemo a ripa
Viramo as tripa
Comemo os ovo
Ai, e aquele povo
Pôs-se a cantar

Foi um sonho medonho
Desses que às vezes a gente sonha
E baba na fronha
E se urina toda
E já não tem paz

Pois eu sonhei contigo
E caí da cama
Ai, amor, não briga
Ai, não me castiga




Ai, diz que me ama
E eu não sonho mais

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Chico Buarque's song Nai Sonho Mais describe a terrifying dream in which the singer dreams of her partner. She begins by saying that she dreamt of her partner, but decides against telling him about the dream because it was a nightmare with much punishment and suffering. She describes the dream as the kind that leaves you sweating and with a sense of suffocation. In the dream, a band of orangutans came to take her partner away, who was chased by several humiliated, humiliated, and flagellated men.


As she watched the dream unfold, the distance between her and her partner grew. The further he ran, the more he got embroiled in the situation, and the more he suffered. At the end of the dream, he was caught and killed, and the singer expressed a cruel desire to laugh. In the final stanza of the song, the singer wakes up from her dream, falls off her bed, and pleads with her partner not to be angry with her. She begs him to tell her that he loves her and promises that she will not dream such dreams again.


Overall, the song is about the fear of losing someone you love and the hopelessness that arises from not being able to do anything about it.


Line by Line Meaning

Hoje eu sonhei contigo
Last night, I had a dream about you


Tanta desdita, amor
It was a terrible dream, my love


Nem te digo
It was so bad that I don't even want to tell you


Tanto castigo
There was a lot of punishment


Que eu tava aflita de te contar
I was afraid to tell you about it


Foi um sonho medonho
It was a terrifying nightmare


Desses que às vezes a gente sonha
One of those dreams that sometimes happens


E baba na fronha
I drooled in my sleep


E se urina toda
I wet the bed


E quer sufocar
And felt like I was suffocating


Meu amor
My dear


Vi chegando um trem de candango
I saw a train coming


Formando um bando
Filled with a group of people


Mas que era um bando de orangotango
But they were actually a group of orangutans


Pra te pegar
Coming to get you


Vinha nego humilhado
There were humiliated people among them


Vinha morto-vivo
And some who looked like the living dead


Vinha flagelado
Others were beaten and tortured


De tudo que é lado
From all sides


Vinha um bom motivo
There was a good reason for all of them to be there


Pra te esfolar
To skin you alive


Quanto mais tu corria
The more you ran


Mais tu ficava
The more you stayed in the same place


Mais atolava
The more you sank into the ground


Mais te sujava
The dirtier you became


Amor, tu fedia
You smelled bad, my love


Empestava o ar
The air around you was foul


Tu, que foi tão valente
You, who were so brave


Chorou pra gente
Cried for help


Pediu piedade
Begged for mercy


E olha que maldade
But, how cruel


Me deu vontade
I felt like


De gargalhar
Laughing out loud


Ao pé da ribanceira
At the edge of a cliff


Acabou-se a liça
The fight was over


E escarrei-te inteira
I spat on you


A tua carniça
Your lifeless body


E tinha justiça
And it was the right thing to do


Nesse escarrar
To spit on you


Te rasgamo a carcaça
Tore your carcass apart


Descemo a ripa
Beat you down


Viramo as tripa
Turned your insides out


Comemo os ovo
Ate your eggs


Ai, e aquele povo
And that people


Pôs-se a cantar
Started singing


E já não tem paz
And now I can't find peace


Pois eu sonhei contigo
Because I dreamed about you


E caí da cama
And fell off the bed


Ai, amor, não briga
Oh, my love, don't be angry


Ai, não me castiga
Please don't punish me


Ai, diz que me ama
Say that you love me


E eu não sonho mais
So I won't dream anymore




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