Oitavo Andar – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Clarice Falcão

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

When I saw you close the door

Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela do oitavo andar

I thought about throwing myself out the eighth-floor window

Onde a Dona Maria mora

Where Dona Maria lives

Porque ela me adora e eu sempre posso entrar

Because she adores me and I can always go in

Era bem o tempo de você chegar no "T"

Just enough time for you to get to the "T"

Olhar no espelho seu cabelo, falar com Seu Zé

Look in the mirror at your hair, talk to Seu Zé

E me ver caindo em cima de você

And see me falling on top of you

Como uma bigorna cai em cima de um cartoon qualquer

Like an anvil falls on any cartoon

E ai

And then

Só nós dois no chão frio

Just the two of us on the cold ground

De conchinha bem no meio fio

Cuddled up right in the middle of the curb

No asfalto, riscados de giz

On the asphalt, outlined in chalk

Imagina que cena feliz

Imagine what a happy scene

Quando os paramédicos chegassem

When the paramedics arrived

E os bombeiros retirassem nossos corpos do Leblon

And the firefighters removed our bodies from Leblon

A gente ia para o necrotério

We'd go to the morgue

Ficar brincando de sério deitadinhos no bem-bom

Playing serious, lying down all comfy

Cada um feito um picolé

Each of us made into a popsicle

Com a mesma etiqueta no pé

With the same tag on our feet

Na autópsia daria pra ver

The autopsy would reveal

Como eu só morri por você

How I only died for you

Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

When I saw you close the door

Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela do oitavo andar

I thought about throwing myself out the eighth-floor window

Em vez disso eu dei meia volta

Instead, I turned around

E comi uma torta inteira de amora no jantar

And ate an entire blackberry pie for dinner

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
porta /ˈpɔr.tɐ/ A1	noun - door
janela /ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/ A1	noun - window
andar /ɐ̃ˈdaʁ/ A1	noun - floor (of a building)
cabelo /kaˈbɛ.lu/ A1	noun - hair
cair /kajʁ/ A2	verb - to fall
frio /ˈfɾi.u/ A2	adjective - cold
cena /ˈse.nɐ/ B1	noun - scene
corpo /ˈkoʁ.pu/ B1	noun - body
brincar /bɾĩˈkaʁ/ B1	verb - to play
sério /ˈsɛ.ɾiu/ B2	adjective - serious
etiqueta /e.tʃiˈke.tɐ/ B2	noun - label
autópsia /awˈtɔp.sjɐ/ C1	noun - autopsy
morrer /moˈʁɛʁ/ C1	verb - to die

Key Grammar Structures

• Quando eu te vi fechar a porta

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'vi' to indicate an action completed in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'vi' is the past tense of 'ver' (to see), indicating the action was completed.

• Eu pensei em me atirar pela janela

  ➔ Use of the verb 'pensar em' + infinitive to express thinking about doing something.

  ➔ The phrase 'pensar em' means 'to think about' or 'consider', with the verb following in its infinitive form.

• Eu dei meia volta

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'dei' of the verb 'dar' (to give) to indicate a completed action.

  ➔ The verb 'dar' means 'to give', and 'dei' is its past tense form in Portuguese.

• Em vez disso eu dei meia volta

  ➔ Use of 'em vez disso' as a phrase meaning 'instead', to contrast actions.

  ➔ The phrase 'em vez disso' means 'instead' or 'rather', used to introduce an alternative action.

• E comi uma torta inteira de amora no jantar

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense 'comi' of 'comer' (to eat) to indicate a completed action in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'comer' means 'to eat', and 'comi' is its past tense form in Portuguese.