Corcovado
Jobim - Moraes Lyrics

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Um cantinho, um violão
Este amor, uma canção
Pra fazer feliz
A quem se ama
Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela vê-se o corcovado
O redentor

Que lindo!

Quero a vida sempre assim
Com você perto de mim
Até o apagar da velha chama
E eu que era triste
Descrente desse mundo
Ao encontrar você
Eu conheci

O que é felicidade
Meu amor

Overall Meaning

In the first verse, the lyrics talk about a corner with a guitar, a love and a song to make the loved one happy with calmness to think and time to dream. The singer then looks out the window and sees Corcovado, the mountain that has the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of it. The singer expresses how beautiful this sight is. In the second verse, the lyrics describe wanting life always to be like this with the person they love until the flame dies out, and the singer shares how they were once sad and a disbeliever in the world until they found love and happiness with the person they are with. Overall, the lyrics express the joy, peace, and love that come from being with someone special in a beautiful place with music.

Line by Line Meaning

Um cantinho, um violão
A cozy little corner, a guitar

Este amor, uma canção
This love, a song

Pra fazer feliz
To make happy

A quem se ama
To the one we love

Muita calma pra pensar
A lot of calm to think

E ter tempo pra sonhar
And have time to dream

Da janela vê-se o corcovado
From the window, you see Corcovado

O redentor
The Redeemer

Que lindo!
How beautiful!

Quero a vida sempre assim
I want life to always be like this

Com você perto de mim
With you close to me