Ai Coração – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Mimicat

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of Portuguese emotion with Mimicat's "Ai Coração," a song that captures the agony and confusion of heartache. Learn vivid vocabulary related to love and emotional distress, while discovering the rich musicality of Portuguese language through this compelling Eurovision entry.

[English]

Oh heart, you don't leave me in peace

You give me no peace, you don't let me function

My head and throat are in a knot

That won't untie, and still you have no pity

I feel dizzy, getting worse every day

I've forgotten things I knew by heart

My pulse has risen to almost a thousand

I'm crazy, completely senile

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

What can I do about you? Love like this doesn't work for me

Because it feels like I'm not myself anymore

Oh heart

Oh heart

Tell me if you're mine

Hours pass and sleep won't come

I hear the owls and the neighbors too

My mind has left me and stayed gone

Someone get me out of this state I'm in

The doctor says there's nothing to do

'Lost cause', I saw him write it down

I'm lost in another dimension

I'm a complete mess

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

What can I do about you? Love like this doesn't work for me

Because it feels like I'm not myself anymore

Oh heart

Oh heart

Oh heart

Tell me if you're mine

...

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

What can I do about you? Love like this doesn't work for me

Because it feels like I'm not myself anymore

Oh heart

Oh heart

Oh heart

Oh heart

Tell me if you're mine

Hey

...

[Portuguese]

Ai coração, que não me deixas em paz

Não me dás sossego, não me deixas capaz

Tenho a cabeça e a garganta num nó

Que não se desfaz, e nem assim tu tens dó

Sinto-me tonta, cada dia pior

Já não sei de coisas que sabia de cor

As pulsações subiram quase p'ra mil

Estou louca, completamente senil

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

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

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Ai coração

Ai coração

Diz-mе lá se és meu

As horas passam е o sono não vem

Ouço as corujas e os vizinhos também

O meu juízo foi-se e por lá ficou

Alguém me tire deste estado em que estou

O doutor diz que não há nada a fazer

"Caso perdido", vi-o eu a escrever

Ando perdida numa outra dimensão

Toda eu sou uma grande confusão

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

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

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Ai coração

Ai coração

Ai coração

Diz-me lá se és meu

O peito a arder, a boca seca eu sei lá

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

Porque parece que nem sou mais eu

Ai coração

Ai coração

Ai coração

Ai coração

Diz-me lá se és meu

Hey

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ A1	noun - heart
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
peito /ˈpɐjtu/ A1	noun - chest; breast
boca /ˈbɔkɐ/ A1	noun - mouth
horas /ˈoɾɐs/ A1	noun - hours
sono /ˈsõnu/ A1	noun - sleep
sossego /soˈseɡu/ B1	noun - peace; calm; tranquility
garganta /gaɾˈɡɐ̃tɐ/ B1	noun - throat
pulsações /puɫsaˈsõj̃s/ B2	noun - pulsations; beats
senil /seˈniw/ B2	adjective - senile; showing mental decline due to age
dimensão /dʒi.mẽˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - dimension; size
confusão /kõfuˈzɐ̃w/ B1	noun - confusion; disorder
perdido /peɾˈdʒidu/ A2	adjective - lost; missing
doutor /doʊˈtoɾ/ A1	noun - doctor
caso /ˈkazu/ A1	noun - case; situation
escrever /es.kɾeˈveɾ/ A2	verb - to write
andar /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/ A1	verb - to walk; to go
parecer /paˈɾe.seɾ/ A2	verb - to seem; to appear
tonta /ˈtõtɐ/ A2	adjective - dizzy; foolish
arder /aɾˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to burn; to ache (as in heartburn)

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?'