Ai Coração – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Mimicat

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Ai coração, que não me deixas em paz

Oh heart, why won't you give me peace

Não me dás sossego, não me deixas capaz

You give me no rest, you make me unable

Tenho a cabeça e a garganta num nó

My head and throat are tied in a knot

Que não se desfaz, e nem assim tu tens dó

That won't unravel, and even then you have no pity

Sinto-me tonta, cada dia pior

I feel dizzy, worse every day

Já não sei de coisas que sabia de cor

I no longer know things I knew by heart

As pulsações subiram quase p'ra mil

My pulse has risen almost to a thousand

Estou louca, completamente senil

I'm crazy, completely senile

O peito a arder, a boca seca, eu sei lá

My chest burning, my mouth dry, I don't know

O que te fazer? Amor p'ra mim assim não dá

What to do with you? Love like this won't work for me

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Because it feels like I'm not even myself anymore

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Diz-mе lá se és meu

Tell mе, are you even mine?

As horas passam е o sono não vem

The hours pass and sleep doesn't come

Ouço as corujas e os vizinhos também

I hear the owls and the neighbors too

O meu juízo foi-se e por lá ficou

My mind is gone and stayed there

Alguém me tire deste estado em que estou

Someone get me out of this state I'm in

O doutor diz que não há nada a fazer

The doctor says there's nothing to do

"Caso perdido", vi-o eu a escrever

"Lost cause," I saw him write

Ando perdida numa outra dimensão

I'm lost in another dimension

Toda eu sou uma grande confusão

All of me is a big confusion

O peito a arder, a boca seca, eu sei lá

My chest burning, my mouth dry, I don't know

O que te fazer? Amor p'ra mim assim não dá

What to do with you? Love like this won't work for me

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Because it feels like I'm not even myself anymore

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Diz-me lá se és meu

Tell me, are you even mine?

...

...

O peito a arder, a boca seca eu sei lá

My chest burning, my mouth dry, I don't know

O que te fazer? Amor p'ra mim assim não dá

What to do with you? Love like this won't work for me

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Because it feels like I'm not even myself anymore

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Ai coração

Oh heart

Diz-me lá se és meu

Tell me, are you even mine?

Hey

Hey

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
coração /koɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ A1	noun - heart
paz /pas/ A1	noun - peace
sossego /suˈse.ɡu/ B1	noun - quiet
cabeça /kɐˈbe.sɐ/ A1	noun - head
garganta /ɡaɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ A2	noun - throat
nó /nɔ/ A2	noun - knot
dó /dɔ/ B2	noun - pity
tonta /ˈtõ.tɐ/ B1	adjective - dizzy
pior /piˈɔɾ/ A2	adjective - worse
pulsações /pul.saˈsõj̃ʃ/ B2	noun - pulses
louca /ˈlo(w).kɐ/ B1	adjective - crazy
senil /seˈnil/ C1	adjective - senile
peito /ˈpej.tu/ A2	noun - chest
arder /aɾˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to burn
boca /ˈbo.kɐ/ A1	noun - mouth
seca /ˈse.kɐ/ A2	adjective - dry
sono /ˈso.nu/ A2	noun - sleep
juízo /ʒuˈi.zu/ B2	noun - judgment
perdida /pɨɾˈdi.dɐ/ A2	adjective - lost
confusão /kõ.fuˈzɐ̃w̃/ B1	noun - confusion

Key Grammar Structures

• Ai coração, que não me deixas em paz

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Present Subjunctive)

  ➔ While not explicitly marked in Portuguese as it would be in some other languages like Spanish, the *que* clause often implies a desire or a wish, subtly suggesting the subjunctive mood. The singer is lamenting, wishing the heart would leave them in peace.

• Não me dás sossego, não me deixas capaz

  ➔ Use of Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

  ➔ *Me* is used as an indirect object pronoun, meaning 'to me' in 'Não *me* dás sossego' and 'Não *me* deixas capaz'. It shows to whom the action is directed.

• Tenho a cabeça e a garganta num nó

  ➔ Use of Preposition *em* combined with Article

  ➔ *Num* is a contraction of the preposition *em* and the indefinite article *um*, meaning 'in a'. It indicates the state or condition of having a knot.

• Que não se desfaz, e nem assim tu tens dó

  ➔ Negative constructions with *nem assim*

  ➔ *Nem assim* translates to 'not even then' or 'not even so'. It emphasizes that even under the mentioned circumstances (the knot doesn't untie), the heart still shows no mercy.

• Sinto-me tonta, cada dia pior

  ➔ Comparative Adjective

  ➔ *Pior* is the comparative form of *mau* (bad), meaning 'worse'. It expresses that the singer's feeling of dizziness is worsening each day.

• Já não sei de coisas que sabia de cor

  ➔ Preposition *de* indicating origin/source or knowledge and the use of relative clauses

  ➔ Here, *de* indicates knowledge/source. *Coisas que sabia de cor* means 'things that I knew by heart'. *Que sabia de cor* is a relative clause modifying *coisas*.

• Estou louca, completamente senil

  ➔ Use of Adverbs of Degree

  ➔ *Completamente* is an adverb of degree that intensifies the adjective *senil*. It means 'completely' or 'totally'.

• O doutor diz que não há nada a fazer

  ➔ Impersonal Verb *Haver* + Infinitive Structure

  ➔ *Não há nada a fazer* translates to 'There is nothing to do'. *Há* (from *haver*) is used impersonally, meaning it doesn't refer to a specific subject. *A fazer* is an infinitive construction indicating what isn't possible to do.

• Diz-me lá se és meu

  ➔ Imperative combined with object pronouns

  ➔ *Diz-me* is the imperative form of *dizer* (to say) with the indirect object pronoun *me* (to me) attached. *Lá* is an adverb adding emphasis. The whole phrase asks: 'Tell me, please, are you mine?'