Meu É Teu – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Diogo Piçarra, Isaura

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Meu é teu, sonho meu

Mine is yours, my dream

É teu dever que ele se cumprirá

It's your duty that it will come true

Leve o seu, entristecer e serei eu

Take yours, feel sad, and I will be the one

O seu motivo pra sonhar

Your reason to dream

Tive a sorte de encontrar-te

I was lucky to find you

E ser tua parte

And to be part of you

Damos voltas, sem dar conta

We go in circles, not noticing

Chocamos mais que uma vez

We bump into each other more than once

Somos leves e nem que cegue

We're light, and even if it blinds me

Eu te irei perder

I will still lose you

Meu é teu

Mine is yours

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O que é meu será teu

Whatever is mine will be yours

É o nosso céu de convite para amar

This is our inviting sky to love

Serei eu, quero saber tanto te devo

It will be me, I want to know so much I owe you

Por ter tudo e nada dar

For having everything and giving nothing

Damos voltas sem dar conta

We go in circles, not noticing

Chocamos mais que uma vez

We bump into each other more than once

Somos leves e nem que cegue

We're light, and even if it blinds me

Eu te irei perder

I will still lose you

Meu é teu

Mine is yours

...

...

Damos voltas sem dar conta

We go in circles, not noticing

Chocamos mais que uma vez

We bump into each other more than once

Somos leves e nem que cegue

We're light, and even if it blinds me

Eu te irei perder

I will still lose you

Meu é teu

Mine is yours

Meu é teu

Mine is yours

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sonho /ˈsɒɲu/ A2	noun - dream
dever /deˈveʁ/ B1	verb - to have to, must
motivo /moˈtʃivu/ B1	noun - motive, reason
sorte /ˈsoʁtʃi/ B1	noun - luck, fortune
encontrar /ẽkõˈtʁaʁ/ A2	verb - to find, to meet
parte /ˈpaʁtʃi/ A2	noun - part, portion
voltas /ˈvɔltɐs/ B2	noun - turns, rounds
chocar /ʃoˈkaʁ/ B1	verb - to crash, to collide
leve /ˈlevi/ A2	adjective - light, not heavy
perder /peʁˈdeʁ/ B1	verb - to lose
céu /ˈsɛu/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
amar /aˈmaʁ/ A1	verb - to love
tudo /ˈtudu/ A1	noun - everything
nada /ˈnada/ A1	noun - nothing
saber /saˈbeʁ/ A2	verb - to know

Key Grammar Structures

• Meu é teu

  ➔ Possessive pronoun + verb 'to be'

  ➔ Expresses possession or relationship between 'me' and 'you'.

• É teu dever que ele se cumprirá

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'que' indicating obligation or certainty

  ➔ The phrase indicates that it is someone's duty or obligation that a particular event will happen.

• Leve o seu

  ➔ Imperative mood / Command form

  ➔ A direct command or suggestion to 'take' or 'carry' one's own thing or feeling.

• Chocamos mais que uma vez

  ➔ Preterite tense of the verb 'chocar' (to collide, to bump into)

  ➔ Expresses that the actions of hitting or colliding happened multiple times in the past.

• Somos leves e nem que cegue

  ➔ Present tense of 'ser' along with 'e' (and), and negative clause 'nem que' (even if)

  ➔ Indicates a state of being light or carefree, and the phrase 'nem que' introduces a concessive idea — even if something happens.

• Eu te irei perder

  ➔ Future tense with 'irei' (going to) + infinitive of 'perder' (to lose)

  ➔ Expresses an intention or prediction that the person will lose someone or something in the future.