Seria Estúpido Ligar-te – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Carolina de Deus

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Portuguese can be a deeply emotional journey, and Carolina de Deus's 'Seria Estúpido Ligar-te' is a perfect song to guide you. Through its heartfelt lyrics, you can learn to express complex feelings of love and longing. The song's clear and emotive delivery makes it special for learners, allowing you to connect with the poetic nuances of the language while exploring a theme that is universally understood: the difficulty of letting a significant person go.

[English]

It would be stupid to call you

But you’ve always known how to calm me down

And even so

Even so

It would be stupid to confess to you

We’re just friends talking about longing

That’s not really how it is

We’ll never just be friends

Talking about trivial things

Pretending we’re strangers

Who once loved each other too much

We’ll be part of each other

Half of a whole

Always asking for more

Lovers never say goodbye

They hold others close and repeat again

And even so

Even so

They never learn their lesson

We always end up on the same bed

And even so

We’ll never be just friends

Talking about trivial things

Pretending we’re strangers

Who once loved each other too much

We’ll be part of each other

Half of a whole

Always asking for more

It would be more stupid

Not to put into words

That I still love you

It would be more stupid

To stay silent now

When I want you so much

But we

Will never just be friends

Talking about trivial things

Pretending we’re strangers

Who once loved each other too much

We’ll be part of each other

Half of a whole

Always asking for more

We’ll be part of each other

Half of a whole

Always asking for more

We’ll be part of each other

Half of a whole

Always asking for more

...

[Portuguese]

Seria estúpido ligar-te

Mas tu sempre soubeste acalmar-me

E mesmo assim

Mesmo assim

Seria estúpido confessar-te

Somos só amigos a falar de saudade

Não é bem assim

Nunca vamos ser só amigos

Falar de coisas banais

Fingir que somos dois estranhos

Que um dia se amaram demais

Vamos ser um do outro

Metades de um todo

Que pedem sempre mais

Os amantes nunca se despedem

Abraçam outros corpos e repetem

E mesmo assim

Mesmo assim

Não aprendem nunca a lição

Acabamos sempre no mesmo colchão

E mesmo assim

Nunca vamos ser só amigos

Falar de coisas banais

Fingir que somos dois estranhos

Que um dia se amaram demais

Vamos ser um do outro

Metades de um todo

Que pedem sempre mais

Mais estúpido seria

Não deixar em verso

Que ainda te amo

Mais estúpido seria

Calar-me agora

Quando eu te quero tanto

Mas nós

Nunca vamos ser só amigos

Falar de coisas banais

Fingir que somos dois estranhos

Que um dia se amaram demais

Vamos ser um do outro

Metades de um todo

Que pedem sempre mais

Vamos ser um do outro

Metades de um todo

Que pedem sempre mais

Vamos ser um do outro

Metades de um todo

Que pedem sempre mais

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
estúpido /esˈtupidu/ B1	adjective - stupid
ligar /liˈɡaʁ/ A2	verb - to connect or link
acalmar /akaɫˈmaʁ/ B1	verb - to calm down
confessar /kõfeˈsaʁ/ B1	verb - to confess
saudade /sawˈdadʒi/ B2	noun - a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for something or someone that one loves
estranho /esˈtɾɐɲu/ B1	adjective - strange or foreign
amaram /aˈmaɾɐ̃w/ B1	verb - they loved
metades /meˈtadʒiʃ/ B2	noun - halves
corpos /ˈkoʁpuʃ/ A2	noun - bodies
despedem /dɛʃpeˈdẽj/ B1	verb - they say goodbye
lição /liˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - lesson
colchão /kolˈʃɐ̃w/ B1	noun - mattress
quero /ˈkɛɾu/ A1	verb - I want
mais /maɪs/ A1	adverb - more

Key Grammar Structures

• Seria estúpido ligar-te

  ➔ Conditional mood (Seria) used for hypothetical situations.

  ➔ 'Seria' is the conditional form of 'ser', indicating a hypothetical or unreal situation.

• Somos só amigos a falar de saudade

  ➔ Use of 'a' + infinitive ('falar') to express purpose or activity.

  ➔ 'A' + infinitive ('falar') indicates purpose, similar to 'to speak' or 'about speaking'.

• Que pedem sempre mais

  ➔ Use of 'que' with the subjunctive mood ('pedem') to express a desire or ongoing wish.

  ➔ 'Que' introduces a subordinate clause that uses the present subjunctive ('pedem') to indicate a desire or ongoing request.

• Nunca vamos ser só amigos

  ➔ Use of 'nunca' with the present indicative ('vamos') to indicate a negation in the future tense.

  ➔ 'Nunca' is an adverb meaning 'never', combined with 'vamos' (we are going) to express a future negation.

• Vamos ser um do outro

  ➔ Use of 'vamos' + infinitive ('ser') to form the simple future tense.

  ➔ 'Vamos' + infinitive ('ser') indicates a planned or near future action, expressing 'we will be'.

• Que um dia se amaram demais

  ➔ Use of 'se' as a reflexive pronoun with the imperfect past tense ('amaram') to indicate a reciprocal or reflexive action.

  ➔ 'Se' is a reflexive pronoun used with the imperfect tense ('amaram') to express that the action was mutual or reflected back upon the subjects.

• Mais estúpido seria

  ➔ Use of the conditional (would be) ('seria') with superlative 'mais estúpido' to form a hypothetical statement.

  ➔ 'Seria' indicates a conditional or hypothetical situation, combined with 'mais estúpido' (more stupid) for emphasis.