Mesma trama, mesmo frio – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: ANAVITÓRIA

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depth of ANAVITÓRIA's "Mesma trama, mesmo frio." This song, rooted in the MPB genre, offers a poignant look at navigating the aftermath of a relationship, encouraging listeners to appreciate the complexities of memory and personal growth through its heartfelt Portuguese lyrics.

[English]

Hey, beautiful, I was out walking with Calabresa

Then I called you

It's just that I was going to get pizza and

I came home and was going to watch a movie with Fom

Because he was waiting for me

...

I know we are taught

That in the end of the story

The best choice is to kill

The other while alive

Cutting habits, one by one

Until all are deemed inappropriate

And seem to have never existed

In two or three months

Complete strangers

A leap between intimacy

And an elevator conversation

About temperatures

Or not even that

And this script is well-known

The same plot, the same cold

...

I know it can be hard

But our story

I don't want to forget the crossings

The sparks, the fires

The discomfort and the shyness

Of our first time

And when I wanted it once more

Once more, one more time

To think that the two of us

Would know how to laugh about it all

And now there's nothing left

That we can do

It's the most painful

It's the hardest to understand

I want to break out of the circles

Even if it feels strange at first

...

Today, I reread our conversations and it hurt to remember

Harsh words, so much anger

How did we end up here?

How did we end up here?

...

[Portuguese]

Oi, guapa, eu 'tava passeando com o Calabresa

Daí eu te liguei

É que eu 'tava indo buscar pizza e

Vim pra casa e ia assistir um filme com o Fom

Que ele 'tava me esperando

Sei que somos ensinados

Que no fim da história

A melhor escolha é matar

O outro em vida

Cortar os hábitos, um a um

Até que todos sejam inadequados

E pareçam nunca terem existido

Em dois ou três meses

Completos desconhecidos

Um salto entre a intimidade

E uma conversa de elevador

Sobre temperaturas

Ou nem mesmo isso

E esse roteiro é conhecido

A mesma trama, o mesmo frio

Sei que pode ser difícil

Mas a nossa história

Não quero esquecer das travessias

Das faíscas, dos incêndios

Do desconforto e a timidez

Da nossa primeira transa

E quando eu quis mais uma vez

Mais uma vez, mais uma

Pensar que nós dois

Saberíamos rir disso tudo

E agora já não há mais nada

Que possamos fazer

É o mais doído

É o mais difícil de entender

Quero sair dos círculos

Mesmo que seja estranho no início

Hoje, reli nossas conversas e doeu lembrar

Palavras duras, tanta raiva

Como é que a gente foi chegar aqui?

Como é que a gente foi chegar aqui?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
história /isˈtɔɾiɐ/ A2	noun - story
frio /ˈfɾi.u/ A2	adjective - cold
amizade /amiˈza.d͡ʒi/ A2	noun - friendship
trama /ˈtɾa.mɐ/ B1	noun - plot, story line
frio /ˈfɾi.u/ A2	adjective - cold
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to wait
coração /ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - heart
quedar /keˈdaɾ/ B1	verb - to stay, to remain
rumo /ˈʁu.mu/ B2	noun - direction, course
quebrar /keˈbɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to break
faísca /faˈi.ska/ C1	noun - spark
incêndio /ĩˈsẽd͡ʒiu/ C1	noun - fire, blaze, wildfire
reflexão /ʁe.flekˈsɐ̃w/ C2	noun - reflection, thought
círculo /ˈsiɾ.ku.lu/ B2	noun - circle
estranho /isˈtɾɐ̃w/ B2	adjective - strange, unusual

Key Grammar Structures

• Sei que somos ensinados

  ➔ Present tense of "saber" + que (subordinating conjunction) + present passive participle "somos ensinados"

  ➔ "Sei" is the first person singular present tense of "saber" (to know), used here with "que" to introduce a subordinate clause; "somos ensinados" is a passive construction meaning "we are taught".

• A mesma trama, o mesmo frio

  ➔ Definite article "a" + adjective "mesma" (the same) + noun "trama" (plot), and article "o" + adjective "mesmo" (the same) + noun "frio" (cold)

  ➔ Use of definite articles "a" and "o" to specify nouns; "mesma" and "mesmo" are adjectives meaning "the same," modifying "trama" (plot) and "frio" (cold).

• Quero sair dos círculos

  ➔ Present tense "quero" + infinitive verb "sair" + preposition "dos" + plural noun "círculos"

  ➔ "Quero" is the first person singular present form of "querer" (to want); "sair" is an infinitive verb meaning "to leave"; "dos círculos" indicates "from the circles" with "dos" being a contraction of "de" + "os".

• Hoje, reli nossas conversas e doeu lembrar

  ➔ Adverb "Hoje" + verb "reli" (past tense of " reli ") + possessive pronoun "nossas" + noun "conversas" + conjunction "e" + verb "doeu" (past tense of "doer") + infinitive "lembrar"

  ➔ "Hoje" is an adverb meaning "today"; "reli" is the past tense of "reler" (to reread); "doeu" is past tense of "doler" (to hurt); "lembrar" is an infinitive verb meaning "to remember".