Ah! Como Eu Amei – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Benito Di Paula

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

O amor que eu tenho guardado no peito

The love I've kept inside my heart

Me faz ser alegre, sofrido e carente

Makes me happy, sad, and longing

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Eu sonho, sou verso, sou terra, sou sol

I dream, I am verse, I am earth, I am sun

Sentimento aberto

Open feelings

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Ah! Eu caminhei

Oh! I walked

Ah! Não entendi

Oh! I didn't understand

Que eu era feliz, era vida

That I was happy, life itself

Minha espera acabou

My wait is over

Meu corpo cansado e eu mais velho

My tired body and I, older now

Meu sorriso sem graça chorou

My shy smile cried

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Ah! Eu caminhei

Oh! I walked

Tem dias que eu paro, me lembro e choro

There are days I stop, remember, and cry

Com medo eu reflito que não fui perfeito

With fear I reflect that I wasn't perfect

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Eu sonho, sou verso, sou terra, sou sol

I dream, I am verse, I am earth, I am sun

Sentimento aberto

Open feelings

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Ah! Eu caminhei

Oh! I walked

Ah! Não entendi

Oh! I didn't understand

Eu era feliz, era vida

I was happy, life itself

Minha espera acabou

My wait is over

Meu corpo cansado e eu mais velho

My tired body and I, older now

Meu sorriso sem graça chorou

My shy smile cried

Ah! Como eu amei

Oh! How I loved

Ah! Eu caminhei

Oh! I walked

Ah! Eu não entendi

Oh! I didn't understand

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
alegre /aˈlɛɡɾi/ A2	adjective - happy
sofrido /soˈfɾidu/ B1	adjective - suffering
sonho /ˈsõɲu/ A2	noun - dream
verso /ˈveʁsu/ B1	noun - verse
terra /ˈtɛʁɐ/ A1	noun - earth, land
sol /sɔl/ A1	noun - sun
sentimento /sẽtʃiˈmẽtu/ B1	noun - feeling, sentiment
caminhei /kamiˈɲej/ A2	verb - I walked
entendi /ẽtẽˈdʒi/ A2	verb - I understood
feliz /feˈliz/ A1	adjective - happy
espera /esˈpeɾɐ/ A2	noun - wait, expectation
corpo /ˈkoʁpu/ A1	noun - body
sorriso /soˈʁizu/ A2	noun - smile
cansado /kɐ̃ˈsadu/ B1	adjective - tired
graça /ˈɡɾasɐ/ B2	noun - grace, charm
medo /ˈmedu/ B1	noun - fear
perfeito /peʁˈfejtu/ B2	adjective - perfect

Key Grammar Structures

• Me faz ser alegre, sofrido e carente

  ➔ The structure 'fazer + infinitive' to indicate causation

  ➔ It indicates that the subject causes someone or something to be a certain way.

• Eu sonho, sou verso, sou terra, sou sol

  ➔ Use of 'sou' (ser) in the present indicative to express identity or essence

  ➔ It states the singer's identity or feelings about themselves and nature.

• Minha espera acabou

  ➔ Use of 'acabar' in the present perfect tense to indicate something has ended

  ➔ Indicates that the wait or expectation has come to an end.

• Meu sorriso sem graça chorou

  ➔ Use of 'chorou' (past tense of 'chorar') to express past emotion

  ➔ The verb 'chorou' indicates that the subject cried in the past due to emotion.

• Tem dias que eu paro, me lembro e choro

  ➔ Use of 'que' as a relative pronoun to introduce a subordinate clause

  ➔ It introduces a subordinate clause specifying the days when the person stops, remembers, and cries.

• Eu não entendi

  ➔ Use of the negative form with 'entendi' (past of entender) to express misunderstanding

  ➔ It indicates that the speaker did not understand something in the past.