Não vejo a hora – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Bryan Behr

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Não vejo a hora

I can't wait

Do meu cabelo encaracolar com o teu

To curl my hair with yours

A gente junto é bom, você já percebeu

Us together feels so good, you already know

Pois não demore pra nossa viagem

So don’t keep me waiting for our trip

Eu sonho tanto

I dream so much

Em ver teu rosto contornando a luz do Sol

Of seeing your face glowing in the sunlight

De me atirar sem nem pensar no teu anzol

Throwing myself in without thinking of your bait

Pra ter certeza que não é miragem

Just to be sure it’s not a mirage

Seria assim

It would be like this

Braços abertos, canto pra avenida

Open arms, I sing to the avenue

Eu encontrei o amor da minha vida

I found the love of my life

Agora só me falta a coragem

Now I just need the courage

Seria bom

It would be good

Se não ficasse só no pensamento

If it wasn’t just in my thoughts

Te conhecer me fez feliz por dentro

Knowing you made me happy inside

Nada é mais certo que a gente junto

Nothing’s more certain than us together

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Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

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Não vejo a hora

I can't wait

De ver o mar salgado a te banhar

To see the salty sea bathing you

Sabendo que à noite eu devo mergulhar

Knowing that tonight I should dive in

Na chuva doce que cai na tua cama

The gentle rain falling on your bed

Eu sonho tanto

I dream so much

Em escalar teu corpo devagar

Of slowly climbing your body

Te ouvir jurar tudo que não pode me dar

Hearing you swear all the things you can’t give me

Mesmo sabendo que eu levo a sério

Even knowing I take it seriously

Seria assim

It would be like this

Braços abertos, canto pra avenida

Open arms, I sing to the avenue

Eu encontrei o amor da minha vida

I found the love of my life

Agora só me falta a coragem

Now I just need the courage

Seria bom

It would be good

Se não ficasse só no pensamento

If it wasn’t just in my thoughts

Te conhecer me fez feliz por dentro

Knowing you made me happy inside

Nada é mais certo que a gente junto

Nothing’s more certain than us together

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Não vejo a hora

I can't wait

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cabelo /kaˈbɛlu/ A1	noun - hair
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
coragem /koˈɾaʒẽ/ B1	noun - courage
sonho /ˈsõɲu/ A2	noun - dream
viagem /viˈaʒẽ/ B1	noun - trip
mar /maʁ/ A1	noun - sea
cama /ˈkɐ̃mɐ/ A1	noun - bed
pensamento /pẽsɐ̃ˈmẽtu/ B1	noun - thought
luz /luz/ A1	noun - light
feliz /feˈliz/ A1	adjective - happy
salgado /salˈɡadu/ B1	adjective - salty
juramento /ʒuɾaˈmẽtu/ B2	noun - oath
contornar /kõtoʁˈnaʁ/ B1	verb - to outline
escalar /eskaˈlaʁ/ B2	verb - to climb
atirar /atiˈɾaʁ/ B1	verb - to throw

Key Grammar Structures

• eu sonho tanto

  ➔ Present tense of 'sonhar' (to dream) with adverb 'tanto' indicating intensity

  ➔ 'sonhar' is in the present tense, and 'tanto' amplifies the verb's meaning by expressing a high degree of dreaming or longing.

• não vejo a hora

  ➔ Expression meaning 'I can't wait', using the verb 'ver' (to see) in the present tense with the noun 'hora'

  ➔ 'não vejo a hora' is a common idiomatic expression in Portuguese indicating excitement or impatience as in 'I can't wait'.

• gosto de usar o presente do modo indicativo

  ➔ Use of the present indicative mood to express habitual actions or general truths

  ➔ The present indicative is employed to communicate ongoing, habitual, or general statements.

• em ver o mar salgado a te banhar

  ➔ Use of infinitive 'ver' (to see) after preposition 'em' (in/about) to describe an ongoing action or experience

  ➔ 'em' is a preposition that requires the infinitive to follow, indicating the action of seeing or experiencing something.