O Jardim – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Tiago Bettencourt, Carolina Torres
• Album: O Jardim

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the delicate emotions of love and longing in 'O Jardim,' a collaboration between Tiago Bettencourt and Carolina Torres. This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn Portuguese through its poetic lyrics and gentle melody, using the metaphor of a garden to represent healing and rediscovery.

[English]

I want to water my flower for you

...

I want to take care of you

...

Let me enter the garden

Let me go back to sleep

...

I want to water my flower for you

Give you back the peace I lost

I want to unravel the sad part that's in you

Let me exist in a new space that you awakened in me

Don't you see that the garden that made us is ours

Don't you see that the garden that makes us is for us

Oh, look, this cold makes me shiver

Oh, stay, and bring back what you have

Because it's mine

Don't you see that the garden that made us is ours

Don't you see that the garden that makes us is for us

Oh, look, this river makes things grow

Oh, stay, and bring back what you have because it's mine

Because it's mine

...

Because it's mine

...

[Portuguese]

Quero-te regar minha flor

Quero cuidar de ti

Deixa-me entrar no jardim

Deixa-me voltar a dormir

Quero-te regar minha flor

Dar-te de novo a paz que perdi

Quero desvendar a parte triste que há em ti

Deixa me existir num espaço novo que acordaste em mim

Não vês que é de nós o jardim que nos fez

Não vês que é para nós o jardim que nos faz

Ah olha, que este frio faz tremer

Ah fica, e faz voltar o que tens

Porque é meu

Não vês que é de nós o jardim que nos fez

Não vês que é para nós o jardim nos faz

Ah olha, que este rio faz crescer

Ah fica, e faz voltar o que tens porque é meu

Porque é meu

Porque é meu

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
regar /ʁɛˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to water
cuidar /kujˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to take care of
jardim /ʒaɾˈdĩ/ A2	noun - garden
dormir /doɾˈmiɾ/ A1	verb - to sleep
paz /ˈpaʃ/ A2	noun - peace
desvendar /deʃvẽˈdaɾ/ B1	verb - to unveil
triste /ˈtɾiʃtɨ/ A2	adjective - sad
existir /eʃiʃˈtiɾ/ B1	verb - to exist
espaço /eʃˈpaʃu/ B1	noun - space
frio /ˈfɾi.u/ A2	noun - cold
rio /ˈʁi.u/ A2	noun - river
crescer /kɾeʃˈseɾ/ B1	verb - to grow

Key Grammar Structures

• Deixa-me entrar no jardim

  ➔ Imperative form with the pronoun 'me' to express a request or permission

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative "Deixa-me" (Let me) to request permission to "entrar" (enter)

• Quero-te regar minha flor

  ➔ Use of the verb 'querer' in the present tense with the infinitive 'te' (you) to express desire

  ➔ The verb "querer" means "to want" and is conjugated in the first person singular to express the speaker's desire.

• Não vês que é de nós o jardim que nos fez

  ➔ Use of the negative form "não vês" (you don't see) with the subjunctive "que é" (that it is) to express denial or realization

  ➔ The phrase "não vês" is a negative present tense form of "ver" (to see), and "que é" introduces a subordinate clause describing "the garden".

• Porque é meu

  ➔ Use of "Porque é" (Because it is) with a possessive adjective or pronoun to emphasize belonging or ownership

  ➔ The phrase "Porque é" introduces an explanation or emphasis, with "é" being the third person singular form of "ser" (to be).