do meu ao teu correio – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Nena
• Album: Um Brinde ao Agora

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful and enjoyable experience. 'do meu ao teu correio' by Nena is a beautiful Portuguese ballad rich with emotive language and poetic expressions. By exploring the lyrics, you can learn vocabulary related to time, love, and loss, and appreciate the nuances of Portuguese storytelling in song.

[English]

Life goes on, it decided this way

Hands aging, a sign in me

That already seems certain to let it go

But I wanted you to know it was in vain

Autumn, winter, spring, or summer

And yesterday was that yesterday, it almost seemed

I know that on that day what was there died

There was no salvation

The door here at home echoed loudly

And read all my heart

I bring you today the day someone told me

If it's to suffer, let me write it down and without

Reading you everything that was felt once

Lost in love in a place that saw me

Forgotten by the colors of an old canvas

If it's to hide, I come to remind

I know that on that day what was there died

There was no salvation

The door here at home echoed loudly

And read all my heart

...

From June to January

From my mailbox to yours

Of whom I always wanted

Was on the brink

From Porto to Lisbon

In a bird that flies

It was far that God wanted

That it be by a thread, that it be by a thread

I know that on that day what was there died

There was no salvation

The door here at home echoed loudly

And read all my heart

...

[Portuguese]

A vida vai correndo decidiu-se assim

As mãos envelhecendo um sinal em mim

Que já parece certo p'ra deixá-lo ir

Mas queria que soubesse que passou em vão

O outono, o inverno, à primavera, ou verão

E ontem foi esse ontem quase que pareceu

Eu sei que nesse dia aquilo que havia morreu

Não tinha salvação

A porta cá de casa em alto ecoava

E leu todo o meu coração

Lhe trago hoje o dia que me disse alguém

Se é para sofrer deixa escrever e sem

Te ler tudo o que foi sentir-se uma vez

Perdida de amores num lugar que me via

Esquecida pelas cores duma tela antiga

Se é para ocultar eu venho relembrar

Eu sei que nesse dia aquilo que havia morreu

Não tinha salvação

A porta cá de casa em alto ecoava

E leu todo o meu coração

De junho a janeiro

Do meu ao teu correio

De quem eu sempre quis

Esteve por um triz

Do Porto a Lisboa

Num pássaro que voa

Foi longe que Deus quis

Que fosse por um triz, que fosse por um triz

Eu sei que nesse dia aquilo que havia morreu

Não tinha salvação

A porta cá de casa em alto ecoava

E leu todo o meu coração

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida /ˈvida/ A1	noun - life
mãos /mɐ̃ws/ A1	noun - hands
sinal /siˈnaw/ A2	noun - signal
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ A2	noun - heart
saber /saˈbeʁ/ A2	verb - to know
escrever /es.kɾeˈveʁ/ A2	verb - to write
lugar /luˈɡaʁ/ B1	noun - place
ocultar /okuɫˈtaʁ/ B1	verb - to hide
salvação /saw.vɐˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - salvation
antiga /ɐ̃ˈtiɡɐ/ B2	adjective - ancient
voar /voˈaʁ/ B2	verb - to fly
quase /ˈkwazi/ B2	adverb - almost
cores /ˈkoɾɨs/ B2	noun - colors
deixar /dejˈsaʁ/ B2	verb - to leave
decidir /de.siˈdiʁ/ B2	verb - to decide

Key Grammar Structures

• A vida vai correndo decidiu-se assim

  ➔ Use of the *present tense with reflexive pronoun* to indicate a decision made by oneself.

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• As mãos envelhecendo um sinal em mim

  ➔ Use of *present participle* (envelhecendo) to describe ongoing action.

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• Se é para sofrer deixa escrever e sem

  ➔ Use of *subjunctive mood* (se é para) to express purpose or obligation.

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• De junho a janeiro

  ➔ Use of *prepositions of time* (de) to indicate duration or range.

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• Que passou em vão

  ➔ Use of *past preposition* (em vão) to indicate that something was in vain or pointless.

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• A porta cá de casa em alto ecoaba

  ➔ Use of *imperfect tense* (ecoaba) to describe ongoing or habitual past actions.

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• Eu sei que nesse dia aquilo que havia morreu

  ➔ Use of *pluperfect tense* (havia morrido) to indicate an action completed before another past action.

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