Dueto – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Chico Buarque, Clara Buarque
• Album: Caravanas

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Consta nos astros, nos signos, nos búzios

It's written in the stars, in the signs, in the shells

Eu li num anúncio, eu vi no espelho

I read it in an ad, I saw it in the mirror

Tá lá no evangelho, garantem os orixás

It's in the gospel, the orixás guarantee

Serás o meu amor, serás a minha paz

You will be my love, you will be my peace

Consta nos autos, nas bulas, nos dogmas

It's in the records, in the bulls, in the dogmas

Eu fiz uma tese, eu li num tratado

I wrote a thesis, I read it in a treaty

Está computado nos dados oficiais

It's computed in the official data

Serás o meu amor, serás a minha paz

You will be my love, you will be my peace

Mas se a ciência provar o contrário

But if science proves the opposite

E se o calendário nos contrariar

And if the calendar contradicts us

Mas se o destino insistir em nos separar

But if destiny insists on separating us

Danem-se os astros, os autos, os signos, as bulas

Damn the stars, the records, the signs, the bulls

Os búzios, os dogmas, anúncios, tratados, ciganas, projetos

The shells, the dogmas, ads, treaties, gypsies, projects

Profetas, sinopses, espelhos, conselhos

Prophets, synopses, mirrors, advice

Se dane o evangelho e todos os orixás

Damn the gospel and all the orixás

Serás o meu amor, serás, amor, a minha paz

You will be my love, you will be, love, my peace

Consta na pauta, no Karma, na carne

It's in the score, in Karma, in the flesh

Passou na novela, está no seguro, picharam no muro

It was on the soap opera, it's in the insurance, they graffitied on the wall

Mandei fazer um cartaz

I had a poster made

Serás o meu amor, serás a minha paz

You will be my love, you will be my peace

Mas se a ciência provar o contrário

But if science proves the opposite

E se o calendário nos contrariar

And if the calendar contradicts us

Mas se o destino insistir em nos separar

But if destiny insists on separating us

Danem-se os astros, os autos, os signos, as bulas

Damn the stars, the records, the signs, the bulls

Os búzios, os dogmas, anúncios, tratados, ciganas, projetos

The shells, the dogmas, ads, treaties, gypsies, projects

Profetas, sinopses, espelhos, conselhos

Prophets, synopses, mirrors, advice

Se dane o evangelho e todos os orixás

Damn the gospel and all the orixás

Serás o meu amor, serás, amor, a minha paz

You will be my love, you will be, love, my peace

Consta nos mapas, nos lábios, nos lápis

It's on the maps, on the lips, on the pencils

Consta no Google

It's on Google

No Twitter

On Twitter

No Face

On Face

No WhatsApp

On WhatsApp

No email

On email

No Orkut

On Orkut

No fax

On fax

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
astros /ˈastɾus/ B2	noun - celestial bodies
signos /ˈsiɡnus/ B1	noun - signs (astrological)
búzios /ˈbuʒius/ C1	noun - cowrie shells (used in divination)
anúncio /aˈnũsiu/ B1	noun - advertisement
espelho /isˈpeʎu/ A2	noun - mirror
evangelho /ivãˈʒeʎu/ B2	noun - gospel
orixás /oɾiˈʃas/ C1	noun - Orishas (deities in Yoruba religion)
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
paz /pas/ A2	noun - peace
autos /ˈawtus/ C1	noun - records, proceedings
bulas /ˈbulɐs/ C1	noun - papal bulls
dogmas /ˈdɔɡmɐs/ B2	noun - dogmas
ciência /siˈẽsiɐ/ B1	noun - science
destino /dʒisˈtinu/ B1	noun - destiny
projetos /pɾoˈʒɛtus/ B1	noun - projects
mapas /ˈmapɐs/ A2	noun - maps
lábios /ˈlabius/ B1	noun - lips