Cristaliza – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Bárbara Bandeira

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Deixa-me chover, eu quero

Let me rain, I want to

Imitar o céu de inverno

Imitate the winter sky

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza, cristaliza

Crystallizes, crystallizes

Se eu reescrever o meu medo

If I rewrite my fear

Isso é que é saber viver

That's what it means to know how to live

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza, cristaliza

Crystallizes, crystallizes

Eu andava com peso na consciência

I was carrying a weight on my conscience

Mas a culpa é demência

But the guilt is madness

Quando és caso de estudo

When you're a case study

Que a tua ausência testa a minha paciência

Your absence tests my patience

Eu 'tava ao teu lado e já 'tava de luto

I was by your side and already in mourning

Eu devia ter saído até mais tarde

I should have stayed out later

Não ceder se não tinha vontade

Not giving in if I didn't want to

Se não tinha prazer, não devia ter gritado

If I didn't enjoy it, I shouldn't have shouted

E agora é tarde p'ra seres ensinado

And now it's too late for you to be taught

Eu só perdi tempo contigo

I only wasted time with you

Tanto que eu tenho contido

So much that I've held back

Pranto que eu tenho escondido

The tears I've hidden

À prova de bala

Bulletproof

Eu fui chão, tu foste sismo

I was ground, you were an earthquake

Então, poupa-me o cinismo

So, spare me the cynicism

Não faças um filme, faz antes a mala

Don't make a movie, pack your bags instead

E fala

And talk

Que eu ergo a cabeça, faço um touchdown

Because I lift my head, I make a touchdown

Rihanna, it's a man down

Rihanna, it's a man down

E what goes around, goes around, goes around

And what goes around, goes around, goes around

Comes all the way back around

Comes all the way back around

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Deixa-me chover, eu quero

Let me rain, I want to

Imitar o céu de inverno

Imitate the winter sky

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza, cristaliza

Crystallizes, crystallizes

Se eu reescrever o meu medo

If I rewrite my fear

Isso é que é saber viver

That's what it means to know how to live

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza

Crystallizes

Amor, eu não troquei de número

Love, I didn't change my number

Eu troquei de pele

I changed my skin

A vida nova é o que me impele

The new life is what drives me

Tu não vês que eu não sou a mesma?

Don't you see I'm not the same?

Eu não mudei de linha, eu mudei o poema

I didn't change the line, I changed the poem

Não tenho raiva, tenho pena

I don't have anger, I have pity

Dá-me tinta, eu tenho pena

Give me ink, I have pity

E tu não és promessa, és problema

And you're not a promise, you're a problem

Que não é meu (já não é meu)

That isn't mine (isn't mine anymore)

Eu 'tou a um passo curto do céu

I'm a short step from heaven

Cause I'm high

Cause I'm high

Eu sempre tive medo do fim

I've always been afraid of the end

Sempre tive medo de amar-te

I've always been afraid to love you

Agora que me escolhi a mim

Now that I've chosen myself

Eu não tenho medo de nada

I'm not afraid of anything

Nada me assusta

Nothing scares me

E se dói, se custa (se custa)

And if it hurts, if it costs (if it costs)

É porque o amor que se perde

It's because the love that is lost

Dói mais do que o amor que dura (dura)

Hurts more than the love that lasts (lasts)

Deixa-me chover, eu quero

Let me rain, I want to

Imitar o céu de Inverno

Imitate the winter sky

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza, cristaliza

Crystallizes, crystallizes

Se eu reescrever o meu medo

If I rewrite my fear

Isso é que é saber viver

That's what it means to know how to live

Água sai do olho e

Water comes from the eye and

Cristaliza, cristaliza

Crystallizes, crystallizes

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) inunda a dor

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) floods the pain

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) inunda a dor

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) floods the pain

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) inunda a dor

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) floods the pain

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) inunda a dor

(Iê-iê-iê-iê) floods the pain

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
chover /ʃoˈveʁ/ A1	verb - to rain
água /ˈaɡwɐ/ A1	noun - water
medo /ˈmedu/ A2	noun - fear
cristaliza /kɾistaˈlizɐ/ B1	verb - to crystallize
peso /ˈpezu/ A2	noun - weight
culpa /ˈkuɫpɐ/ B1	noun - guilt
ausência /awˈzẽs.jɐ/ B2	noun - absence
paciência /pɐ.siˈẽ.sjɐ/ B2	noun - patience
luto /ˈlutu/ B2	noun - mourning
prazer /pɾaˈzeʁ/ B1	noun - pleasure
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
vida /ˈvidɐ/ A1	noun - life
tinta /ˈtĩtɐ/ B1	noun - ink
promessa /pɾoˈmɛsɐ/ B2	noun - promise
medo /ˈmedu/ A2	noun - fear
sismo /ˈsizmu/ B2	noun - earthquake

Key Grammar Structures

• Deixa-me chover, eu quero

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive/imperative mood to express desire or permission.

  ➔ The phrase "Deixa-me" combines the verb "deixar" (to let) in the imperative form with the pronoun "me" (me), expressing permission or desire.

• Água sai do olho e cristaliza

  ➔ Use of the present tense to describe ongoing natural phenomena.

  ➔ The verb "sai" is in the present tense, indicating an ongoing action of "water leaving the eye".

• Se eu reescrever o meu medo

  ➔ Use of the conditional/subjunctive mood to express hypothetical or desirable future actions.

  ➔ The verb "reescrever" is in the infinitive form, indicating the action of rewriting or rethinking, with "se" indicating a conditional or hypothetical situation.

• Eu só perdi tempo contigo

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense to express a completed action in the past.

  ➔ The phrase "perdi" is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action of "losing time".

• E tu não vês que eu não sou a mesma?

  ➔ Use of the present tense with negation and question form to ask about state or identity.

  ➔ The verb "ves" is in the present tense, indicating a current perception, and the question form "não vês" asks if the person doesn't see or notice.

• Nada me assusta

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express a general truth or state of being.

  ➔ The verb "assusta" is in the present tense, indicating a current state of being unafraid.

• Dói mais do que o amor que se perde

  ➔ Use of the present tense to compare the degree of pain and love.

  ➔ The verb "dói" is in the present tense, indicating the current experience of pain, compared to love that is lost.