Sol de Inverno

• By: Tiago Bettencourt

Lyrics:

[Português]

[English]

Sabe Deus que eu quis

God knows how much I wanted

Contigo ser feliz

To be happy with you

Viver ao sol do teu olhar

Living in the warmth of your gaze

Mais terno

So tender

Morto o teu desejo

Your desire is gone

Vivo o meu desejo

I live my own desire

Primavera em flor

Spring in full bloom

Ao sol de inverno

In the winter sun

Sonhos que sonhei

Dreams I dreamt

Onde estão?

Where are they?

Horas que vivi

The hours I lived

...

...

Quem as tem?

Who has them?

De que serve ter coração

What's the use of having a heart

E não ter o amor de ninguém

And not have anyone's love

Beijos que te dei

The kisses I gave you

Onde estão?

Where are they?

A quem foste dar

To whom did you give

O que é meu?

What is mine?

Vale mais não ter coração

It's better not to have a heart

Do que ter e não ter, como eu

Than to have and not have, like me

Eu em troca de nada

I, in exchange for nothing

Dei tudo na vida

Gave everything in my life

Bandeira vencida

A defeated flag

Rasgada no chäo

Torn and on the ground

Sou a data esquecida

I am the forgotten date

A coisa perdida

The lost thing

Que vai a leilão

That goes to auction

Sonhos que sonhei

Dreams I dreamt

Onde estão?

Where are they?

...

...

Horas que vivi

The hours I lived

...

...

Quem as tem?

Who has them?

De que serve ter coração

What's the use of having a heart

E não ter o amor de ninguém

And not have anyone's love

Vivo de saudades, amor

Living with longing, my love

A vida perdeu fulgor

Life has lost its glow

...

...

Como o sol de inverno

Like the winter sun

Não tenho calor

I feel no warmth

De que serve ter coração

What's the point of having a heart

E não ter o amor de ninguém

And not have anyone's love

Vivo de saudades, amor

I live longing for you, my love

A vida perdeu fulgor

Life has lost its spark

Como o sol de inverno

Like the winter sun

Não tenho calor

I feel no warmth

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
sabe /ˈsabe/ A1	verb - to know
feliz /feˈliz/ A1	adjective - happy
sol /sɔl/ A1	noun - sun
desejo /deˈzeʒu/ A2	noun - desire
primavera /pɾimɐˈveɾɐ/ B1	noun - spring
sonhos /ˈsoɲuʃ/ B1	noun - dreams
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - heart
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
vida /ˈvida/ A1	noun - life
calor /kaˈloɾ/ B1	noun - heat
perdeu /peʁˈdew/ B2	verb - lost
saudades /sawˈdadʒis/ B2	noun - longing, nostalgia
perdida /peʁˈdʒidɐ/ B2	adjective - lost
bandeira /bɐ̃ˈdʒejɾɐ/ B2	noun - flag
leilão /lejˈlɐ̃w/ B2	noun - auction

Grammar:

• Sabe Deus que eu quis

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'saber' (to know) in the third person singular

  ➔ 'Sabe' is the third person singular form of 'saber' in present tense, meaning 'he/she knows'.

• Contigo ser feliz

  ➔ Use of 'contigo' as a prepositional pronoun meaning 'with you'

  ➔ 'Contigo' is a contraction of 'com ti' meaning 'with you'.

• Morto o teu desejo

  ➔ Past participle 'morto' indicating a completed action or state ('dead')

  ➔ 'Morto' functions as a past participle here, expressing that the 'desire' is gone or 'dead'.

• Vivo de saudades, amor

  ➔ Use of 'de' as a preposition indicating 'living with' or 'suffering from' a feeling

  ➔ 'De' introduces the source or cause of the state, in this case, 'saudades' (longing).

• Como o sol de inverno

  ➔ Simile introduced by 'como' (like/as) to compare 'winter sun' with a feeling

  ➔ 'Como' introduces a comparison, likening the feeling to the 'winter sun', which is cold and lacking warmth.

• De que serve ter coração

  ➔ Interrogative phrase with 'que' (what) and 'serve' (serves) expressing rhetorical question

  ➔ 'De que serve' is a rhetorical question asking 'what's the use' of something, in this case, 'having a heart'.

• Vivo de saudades, amor

  ➔ Use of 'de' as a preposition indicating 'living with' or 'suffering from' a feeling

  ➔ 'De' introduces the idea that the speaker is living with or suffering from 'saudades' (longing).