Onde Vais – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Bárbara Bandeira, Carminho

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Portuguese is more engaging with music, and "Onde Vais" by Bárbara Bandeira and Carminho is a perfect song to start with. This beautiful and emotional ballad offers a chance to learn vocabulary related to love and loss. The song is special because it brings together two distinct styles: pop and fado, creating a unique sound that represents a modern and classic Portugal.

[English]

Where are you going?

If I stay here, you won't leave.

It'll always end up hurting more.

And I can't even change that anymore.

I don't know how long it takes

to forget the loneliness

that you left at my door.

When you took my heart.

You hide what you want to say,

only out of fear of seeing me suffer.

But it's no use.

Nothing keeps us together.

Only what we have

keeps us going.

And everything changes.

We changed too.

Maybe love is like that.

But everything I wanted for myself,

it's gone (it’s gone).

Where are you going?

If I stay here, you won't leave.

It'll always end up hurting more.

And I can't even change that anymore.

Tell me, are you leaving or not?

I don't even know whether to answer or ignore.

I hope time will heal these wounds.

Because I can't change that anymore.

Wake me up when it's over.

The time that has passed me by,

made my voice silent.

With you, I learned

what it means to truly love someone alone.

Dreams I wasted,

songs I didn't sing because I stayed.

Nothing keeps us together.

Only what we have keeps us going.

And everything changes.

We changed too.

Maybe love is like that.

But everything I wanted for myself,

it’s gone.

Where are you going?

If I stay here, you won't leave.

It'll always end up hurting more.

And I can't even change that anymore.

Tell me, are you leaving or not?

I don't even know whether to answer or ignore.

I hope time will heal these wounds.

Because I can't change that anymore.

Wake me up when it’s over.

But if this song was made for you,

it was made for you.

Maybe that will change what I haven't lived yet.

So tell me, are you leaving or not?

I don't even know whether to answer or ignore.

And I hope time will heal these wounds.

Because I can't change that anymore.

Wake me up when it's over.

[Portuguese]

Onde vais

Que se eu fico daqui tu não sais

Vai acabar sempre por doer mais

E já nem isso eu posso mudar

Não sei quanto tempo demora

A esquecer a solidão

Que tu deixaste à minha porta

Ao levares o meu coração

Escondes o que queres dizer

Só pelo medo de me ver sofrer

Mas não dá

Nada nos une

Só nos mantém

E tudo muda

Nós mudámos também

Talvez o amor seja assim

Mas tudo o que eu quis para mim

Já não há (há)

Onde vais

Que se eu fico daqui tu não sais

Vai acabar sempre por doer mais

E já nem isso eu posso mudar

Diz-me se vais ou não vais

Nem sei se ligo ou deixo passar

Espero que seja o tempo a curar

Que já nem isso eu posso mudar

Acorda-me quando acabar

O tempo que passou por mim

Fez calar a minha voz

Foi contigo que aprendi

O que é amar alguém a sós

Sonhos que desperdicei

As canções que eu não cantei por ficar

Nada nos une

Só nos mantém

E tudo muda

Nós mudámos também

Talvez o amor seja assim

Mas tudo o que eu quis para mim

Já não há

Onde vais

Que se eu fico daqui tu não sais

Vai acabar sempre por doer mais

E já nem isso eu posso mudar

Diz-me se vais ou não vais

Nem sei se ligo ou deixo passar

Espero que seja o tempo a curar

Que já nem isso eu posso mudar

Acorda-me quando acabar

Mas se esta canção foi feita p'ra ti

Foi feita p'ra ti

Talvez isso mude o que ainda não vivi

Então diz-me se vais ou não vais

Nem sei se ligo ou deixo passar

E espero que seja o tempo a curar

Que já nem isso eu posso mudar

Acorda-me quando acabar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vais /vais/ A1	verb - you go
sais /sais/ A1	verb - you know
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ A2	noun - heart
solidão /soliˈdɐ̃w/ B1	noun - loneliness
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
mudar /muˈdaɾ/ A2	verb - to change
tempo /ˈtẽpu/ A2	noun - time
sofrer /soˈfɾeɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to wait
canção /kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w/ B1	noun - song
sonhos /ˈsoɲuʃ/ B2	noun - dreams
desperdicei /despeʁdiˈseɪ/ B2	verb - I wasted
acordar /akoʁˈdaʁ/ B1	verb - to wake up
passar /pɐˈsaʁ/ A2	verb - to pass

Key Grammar Structures

• Que se eu fico daqui tu não sais

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in 'que' clauses expressing doubt or condition

  ➔ 'Que' introduces a subordinate clause expressing a hypothetical or uncertain situation, requiring the subjunctive mood.

• E já nem isso eu posso mudar

  ➔ Use of 'posso' (can / am able to) in present tense to express ability or possibility

  ➔ 'Posso' is the first person singular form in the present tense of the verb 'poder', meaning 'can' or 'to be able to'.

• Espero que seja o tempo a curar

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive 'seja' after 'que' to express wishes or doubts

  ➔ 'Seja' is the present subjunctive form of the verb 'ser' used after 'que' to express wishes, hopes, or doubts.

• Nada nos une

  ➔ Use of 'une' from 'unir' in the present indicative to express 'to unite' or 'to bring together'

  ➔ 'Une' is the third person singular form of 'unir' in the present indicative, meaning 'to unite' or 'to bring together'.

• E tudo muda

  ➔ Use of 'muda' from 'mudar' in the present tense to express 'to change' or 'to vary'

  ➔ 'Muda' is the third person singular form of 'mudar' in the present indicative, meaning 'to change' or 'to vary'.

• E já nem isso eu posso mudar

  ➔ Combination of present tense 'posso' (can) with infinitive 'mudar' to express ability; and negation 'nem' to mean 'even not' or 'nor'

  ➔ 'Posso' (can) is used with the infinitive 'mudar' to show the ability to change, while 'nem' adds negation, meaning 'even not' or 'nor'.