Coração de Estudante – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Milton Nascimento
• Album: Coração de Estudante

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Quero falar

I want to talk

De uma coisa

About one thing

Adivinha onde ela anda

Guess where she’s walking now

Deve estar dentro do peito

She must be inside the heart

Ou caminha pelo ar

Or floating through the air

Pode estar aqui do lado

Could be right next to us

Bem mais perto que pensamos

Much closer than we think

A folha da juventude

Youth’s leaf

É o nome certo

Is the right name

Desse amor

For this love

Já podaram seus momentos

Its moments have been pruned away

Desviaram seu destino

Their destiny diverted

Seu sorriso

Your smile

De menino

Of a boy

Quantas vezes se escondeu

How many times it hid away

Mas renova-se a esperança

But hope is reborn

Nova aurora cada dia

A new dawn each day

E há que se cuidar do broto

And we must tend to the sprout

Pra que a vida

So that life

Nos dê flor

Gives us flowers

Flor e

Flowers and

Fruto

Fruits

Coração de estudante

Heart of a student

Há que se cuidar da vida

We must take care of life

Há que se cuidar do mundo

We must take care of the world

Tomar conta da amizade

Keep friendship alive

Alegria e muito sonho

Joy and plenty of dreams

Espalhados no caminho

Scattered along the way

Verdes

Green

Planta e sentimento

Plants and feelings

Folhas

Leaves

Coração

Heart

Juventude

Youth

E fé

And faith

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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.