Sorte Grande – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: João Só, Lúcia Moniz

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Olha lá

Look there

Já se passaram alguns anos

Some years have passed

Nem sequer vinhas nos meus planos

You weren't even in my plans

Saíste-me a sorte grande

You turned out to be my big luck

E eu cá vou

And here I go

Gozando os louros deste achado

Enjoying the glory of this find

Contigo de braço dado, p'ra todo o lado

With you by my side, everywhere we go

Eu vou, até morrer, ser teu se me quiseres

I will go, until I die, to be yours if you want me

Agarrado a ti, vou sem hesitar

Holding on to you, I go without hesitation

E se o chão desabar que nos leve aos dois

And if the ground collapses, let it take us both

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

...

...

Meu amor, na roda da lotaria

My love, in the lottery wheel

Que é coisa escorregadia

Which is a slippery thing

Saíste-me a sorte grande

You turned out to be my big luck

E eu cá vou

And here I go

À minha sorte, abandonado

To my luck, abandoned

Contigo de braço dado, p'ra todo o lado

With you by my side, everywhere we go

Eu vou, até morrer, ser teu se me quiseres

I will go, until I die, to be yours if you want me

Agarrado a ti, vou sem hesitar

Holding on to you, I go without hesitation

E se o chão desabar que nos leve aos dois

And if the ground collapses, let it take us both

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

...

...

E olha lá

And look there

Por mais que passem os anos

No matter how many years pass

Por menos que eu faça planos

No matter how little I plan

Sais-me sempre a sorte grande

You always turn out to be my big luck

Agarrado a ti, vou sem hesitar

Holding on to you, I go without hesitation

E se o chão desabar que nos leve aos dois

And if the ground collapses, let it take us both

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

Vou sem hesitar

I go without hesitation

E se o chão desabar que nos leve aos dois

And if the ground collapses, let it take us both

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

Vou agarrado a ti

I will hold on to you

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sorte /ˈsɔr.tʃi/ A2	noun - luck or fortune
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
braço /ˈbɾa.su/ A2	noun - arm
morrer /moˈʁɛʁ/ B1	verb - to die
hesitar /e.ziˈtaʁ/ B1	verb - to hesitate
plano /ˈplɐ.nu/ A2	noun - plan
lado /ˈla.du/ A2	noun - side
desabar /de.zaˈbaʁ/ B2	verb - to collapse
contigo /kõˈti.ɡu/ A1	adverb - with you
louros /ˈlo.u.ɾuʃ/ B2	noun - laurels (symbol of victory)
achado /aˈʃa.du/ B1	noun - finding or discovery
escorregadia /es.ko.ʁe.ɡaˈdi.a/ C1	adjective - slippery or elusive

Key Grammar Structures

• Já se passaram alguns anos

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ Used to describe an action that has happened in the past and is still relevant or has effects in the present.

• Nem sequer vinhas nos meus planos

  ➔ Imperfect tense (you were not coming)

  ➔ Expresses an ongoing or habitual action in the past that was not happening.

• Saíste-me a sorte grande

  ➔ Clitic pronoun + verb in preterite

  ➔ The clitic pronoun 'me' indicates the indirect object, and the verb is in the preterite to show completed action.

• Vou agarrado a ti

  ➔ Present tense + gerund + preposition of movement

  ➔ Expresses a current action of holding on tightly, with 'agarrado' as a gerund indicating continuous action.

• E se o chão desabar que nos leve aos dois

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a conditional clause

  ➔ The verb 'leve' is in the present subjunctive, used to express a hypothetical or uncertain situation in a conditional clause.

• Contigo de braço dado

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating accompaniment

  ➔ A phrase using 'de' to indicate being arm-in-arm or close together with someone.

• Vou sem hesitar

  ➔ Present tense + adverb of manner

  ➔ Expresses a willingness to act immediately and decisively.