Coração de Estudante – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Milton Nascimento
• Album: Coração de Estudante

Lyrics & Translation

Explore "Coração de Estudante," a poignant song by Milton Nascimento that captures the spirit of hope and resistance. Through its evocative lyrics and moving melody, you can connect with a significant moment in Brazilian history and understand the power of music to inspire change and unity.

[English]

I want to talk

About one thing

Guess where she’s walking now

She must be inside the heart

Or floating through the air

Could be right next to us

Much closer than we think

Youth’s leaf

Is the right name

For this love

Its moments have been pruned away

Their destiny diverted

Your smile

Of a boy

How many times it hid away

But hope is reborn

A new dawn each day

And we must tend to the sprout

So that life

Gives us flowers

Flowers and

Fruits

Heart of a student

We must take care of life

We must take care of the world

Keep friendship alive

Joy and plenty of dreams

Scattered along the way

Green

Plants and feelings

Leaves

Heart

Youth

And faith

...

[Portuguese]

Quero falar

De uma coisa

Adivinha onde ela anda

Deve estar dentro do peito

Ou caminha pelo ar

Pode estar aqui do lado

Bem mais perto que pensamos

A folha da juventude

É o nome certo

Desse amor

Já podaram seus momentos

Desviaram seu destino

Seu sorriso

De menino

Quantas vezes se escondeu

Mas renova-se a esperança

Nova aurora cada dia

E há que se cuidar do broto

Pra que a vida

Nos dê flor

Flor e

Fruto

Coração de estudante

Há que se cuidar da vida

Há que se cuidar do mundo

Tomar conta da amizade

Alegria e muito sonho

Espalhados no caminho

Verdes

Planta e sentimento

Folhas

Coração

Juventude

E fé

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ A2	noun - heart
juventude /ʒu.vẽˈtudʒi/ B1	noun - youth
esperança /es.peˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ B1	noun - hope
vida /ˈvi.dɐ/ A1	noun - life
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
sonho /ˈsõ.ɲu/ A2	noun - dream
caminho /kaˈmi.ɲu/ A2	noun - path
flor /floʁ/ A1	noun - flower
fruto /ˈfɾu.tu/ A2	noun - fruit
sorriso /soˈʁi.zu/ A2	noun - smile
destino /desˈtʃi.nu/ B1	noun - destiny
alegria /aleˈɡɾi.ɐ/ A2	noun - joy
planta /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/ A2	noun - plant
broto /ˈbɾo.tu/ B2	noun - sprout
folha /ˈfo.ʎɐ/ A2	noun - leaf
nova /ˈnɔ.vɐ/ A1	adjective - new

Key Grammar Structures

• Deve estar dentro do peito

  ➔ Use of 'deve' as the conditional/moral obligation modality with the infinitive 'estar'.

  ➔ 'Deve' indicates a recommendation or probability, similar to 'should' or 'must' in English.

• A folha da juventude

  ➔ Use of the definite article 'a' with feminine noun 'folha' and possessive phrase 'da juventude'.

  ➔ 'A' is the feminine singular definite article in Portuguese, used here to specify 'folha' (leaf).

• Quantas vezes se escondeu

  ➔ Use of 'Quantas vezes' to ask about the number of times, with reflexive verb 'se escondeu' in past tense.

  ➔ 'Quantas vezes' is an interrogative phrase meaning 'how many times', used here with the reflexive verb indicating someone hiding.

• E há que se cuidar do broto

  ➔ Use of impersonal 'há que' + infinitive to express obligation or necessity ('it is necessary to').

  ➔ 'Há que' is an impersonal expression meaning 'it is necessary to', indicating obligation.

• Verdes planta e sentimento

  ➔ Use of the adjectives 'verdes' (green) describing 'planta' and 'sentimento' to create imagery.

  ➔ 'Verdes' is the plural feminine form of 'verde' (green), used here as an adjective to evoke imagery.

• Juventude e fé

  ➔ Use of the coordinating conjunction 'e' to join two noun phrases 'Juventude' (youth) and 'fé' (faith).

  ➔ 'E' is a coordinating conjunction meaning 'and', linking two related concepts.