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Coveiros gemem tristes ais 00:34
E realejos ancestrais 00:36
Juram que eu não devia mais 00:39
Querer você 00:41
Os sinos e os clarins rachados 00:44
Zombando tão desafinados 00:46
Querem, eu sei, mas é pecado 00:49
Eu te perder 00:51
Tanto 00:53
É tanto 00:56
Se ao menos você soubesse 00:58
Te quero tanto 01:02
01:05
Políticos embriagados 01:08
Dançando em guetos arruinados 01:11
E os profetas desacordados 01:13
A te ouvir 01:15
Eu sei que eles vem tomar 01:18
Meu drinque em meu copo a trincar 01:21
E me pedir pra te deixar partir 01:23
Tanto 01:28
É tanto 01:30
Se ao menos você soubesse 01:32
Te quero tanto 01:37
01:39
Todos meus pais querem me dar 01:42
Amor que há tempos não está lá 01:45
E suas filhas vão me deixar 01:48
Por isso não me preocupar 01:50
Eu voltei pra minha sina 01:55
Contei pra uma menina 01:58
Meu medo só termina estando ali 02:00
Ela é suave assim 02:05
Sabe quase tudo de mim 02:07
Ela sabe onde eu queria estar enfim 02:09
Tanto 02:14
É tanto 02:17
Se ao menos você soubesse 02:19
Te quero tanto 02:23
02:26
Mas seu Dândi vai 02:29
De paletó chinês 02:30
Falou comigo mais de uma vez 02:32
Não, eu sei, não fui muito cortês 02:34
Com ele, não 02:36
Isso, porque ele mentiu 02:39
Porque te ganhou e partiu 02:42
Porque o tempo consentiu 02:44
Ou se não porque 02:46
02:49
Tanto 02:56
É tanto 02:58
Se ao menos você soubesse 03:01
Te quero tanto 03:05
É tanto 03:08
Se ao menos você soubesse 03:11
03:13

Tanto – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

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Skank
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Multishow Ao Vivo - Skank no Mineirão
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Discover the emotional depth and lyrical beauty of "Tanto" by Skank, a Brazilian hit that masterfully adapts Bob Dylan's classic. Learn how Portuguese can convey profound feelings of love and yearning, making this song a gateway to understanding Brazilian musical expression.

[English]
Mournful grave diggers lament sadly
And ancient relics
Swear I shouldn't anymore
Want you
The broken bells and chimes
Mocking so out of tune
I know they want, but it's a sin
To lose you
So much
It’s so much
If only you knew
How much I want you
...
Drunken politicians
Dancing in ruined ghettos
And unaware prophets
Listening to you
I know they come to take
My drink from my glass, cracking
And ask me to let you go
So much
It’s so much
If only you knew
How much I want you
...
All my parents want to give me
A love that’s been gone for a while
And their daughters will leave me
So I don’t worry
I’ve returned to my fate
Told a girl
My only fear is ending up there
She’s so gentle
Knows almost everything about me
She knows where I really want to be
So much
It’s so much
If only you knew
How much I want you
...
But your Dandy will
In a Chinese blazer
Speak to me more than once
No, I know I wasn’t very polite
With him, no
That’s because he lied
Because he took you and left
Because time permitted
Or maybe because
...
So much
It’s so much
If only you knew
How much I want you
It’s so much
If only you knew
...
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Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

coveiros

/koˈveɪɾus/

B2
  • noun
  • - grave diggers

juram

/ˈʒuɾɐ̃w/

B1
  • verb
  • - they swear

pecado

/peˈkaðu/

B2
  • noun
  • - sin

amor

/aˈmoʁ/

A2
  • noun
  • - love

medo

/ˈmeðu/

A2
  • noun
  • - fear

suave

/swaˈvi/

B1
  • adjective
  • - soft

partir

/paʁˈtiʁ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to leave

sina

/ˈsina/

B2
  • noun
  • - fate

menina

/meˈnina/

A1
  • noun
  • - girl

dançando

/dɐ̃ˈsɐ̃du/

A2
  • verb
  • - dancing

profetas

/pɾoˈfɛtɐs/

B2
  • noun
  • - prophets

sinos

/ˈsinos/

B1
  • noun
  • - bells

clarins

/klaˈɾĩs/

B2
  • noun
  • - trumpets

embriagados

/ẽbɾiɐˈɡadus/

B2
  • adjective
  • - intoxicated

trincar

/tɾĩˈkaʁ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to clink (glasses)

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Coveiros gemem tristes ais

    ➔ Present tense for ongoing actions.

    ➔ The word "gemem" indicates an ongoing action of mourning.

  • Se ao menos você soubesse

    ➔ Conditional sentences expressing hypothetical situations.

    ➔ The phrase "Se ao menos" introduces a condition that is not met.

  • Te quero tanto

    ➔ Direct object pronouns for expressing affection.

    ➔ The word "te" is a direct object pronoun referring to the person being loved.

  • Políticos embriagados

    ➔ Adjectives used to describe nouns.

    ➔ The adjective "embriagados" describes the state of the politicians.

  • Dançando em guetos arruinados

    ➔ Gerunds used to indicate ongoing actions.

    ➔ The gerund "dançando" indicates the action of dancing is ongoing.

  • E me pedir pra te deixar partir

    ➔ Infinitive verbs used after certain verbs.

    ➔ The phrase "pedir pra" indicates a request or desire.

  • Todos meus pais querem me dar

    ➔ Present tense for expressing desires.

    ➔ The verb "querem" expresses the desire of the parents.