Rasga a Saudade – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Amor Electro

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depth of Portuguese music with Amor Electro's "Rasga a Saudade." This song, from their 2013 album "Revolução," uses powerful lyrics and a pop-rock sound to delve into themes of longing and emotional release, offering a poignant yet hopeful message.

[English]

Goodbye, take the hidden dream

Keep it in your heart, let it warm you on cold nights

A forgotten desire falls

Tear through longing, in the passion that wounds your soul

When love tells you it doesn't want to leave

Let it stay, those who keep it won't want to return

You know how to lay down that secret that makes you feel

Larger than the wind, larger than your gaze

Tear through longing, run, return to your place

Ignite the flame that awakens your heart

Around your eyes

Tear through longing, let the dream soar

Love, who loves, only because they love, is right

Leave everything behind to come back

Tear through longing, run, return to your place

...

Ignite the flame that awakens your heart

Around your eyes

Tear through longing, let the dream soar

Love, who loves, only because they love, is right

Leave everything behind to come back

...

[Portuguese]

Adeus, leva o sonho escondido

Guarda-o no peito, que te aqueça nas noites frias

Cai um desejo esquecido

Rasga a saudade, na paixão que te fere a alma

Quando o amor te disser que não quer partir

Deixa-o ficar, quem o guarda já não quer voltar

Sabes depor que o segredo que te faz sentir

Maior que o vento, maior que o teu olhar

Rasga a saudade, corre, volta ao teu lugar

Acende a chama que te acorda o coração

Ao redor do teu olhar

Rasga a saudade, deixa o sonho navegar

O amor quem ama, só porque ama tem razão

Deixa tudo para voltar

Rasga a saudade, corre, volta ao teu lugar

Acende a chama que te acorda o coração

Ao redor do teu olhar

Rasga a saudade, deixa o sonho navegar

O amor quem ama, só porque ama tem razão

Deixa tudo para voltar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
adeus /ɐˈdeʊs/ A2	noun - goodbye
sonho /ˈsoɲu/ B1	noun - dream
escondido /iʃkõˈdiðudu/ B2	adjective - hidden
coração /kɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ B1	noun - heart
quente /ˈkẽt(ɨ)/ B2	adjective - hot, warm
desejo /dɨˈzɛʒu/ B1	noun - desire, longing
saudade /sɐuˈðaðɨ/ C1	noun - longing, nostalgia
fere /ˈfɛɾɨ/ C2	verb - to wound, to hurt
partir /paɾˈtiɾ/ B2	verb - to leave, to depart
voltar /vɔlˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to return, to go back
fazer /faˈzeɾ/ A2	verb - to do, to make
sentir /sẽˈtiɾ/ B1	verb - to feel, to sense
correr /kuˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to run
voar /voˈaɾ/ C1	verb - to fly

Key Grammar Structures

• Adeus, leva o sonho escondido

  ➔ Using the imperative form of 'levar' (to take) in the present tense

  ➔ The phrase is a command or suggestion to 'say goodbye' and 'take' the hidden dream

• guarda-o no peito, que te aqueça nas noites frias

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood in 'que te aqueça' to express a wish or an ongoing effect

  ➔ The phrase 'que te aqueça' uses the subjunctive mood to express a wish that the dream keeps you warm

• Rasga a saudade, na paixão que te fere a alma

  ➔ Use of the relative pronoun 'que' to introduce a subordinate clause describing 'paixão'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a subordinate clause that describes the 'passion' which 'fere a alma' (wounds the soul)

• Quando o amor te disser que não quer partir

  ➔ Use of the subordinating conjunction 'quando' (when) to specify a time clause

  ➔ The conjunction 'quando' introduces a subordinate clause indicating 'when' the 'love' says that it doesn't want to leave

• Deixa-o ficar, quem o guarda já não quer voltar

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'ficar' (to stay); with 'Deixa-o' (let him/her/it stay) in imperative form

  ➔ 'Deixa-o' is imperative, meaning 'let him/her/it stay', and 'ficar' is the infinitive verb meaning 'to stay'