Where Do I Go From Here? – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Lúcia Moniz
• Album: Pocahontas 2: Viagem a Um Mundo Novo

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

[ROLFE]: Pocahontas!

[ROLFE]: Pocahontas!

[ROLFE]: Deixa-a ir

[ROLFE]: Let her go

[SMITH]: Tu podes não te importar com ela, mas...

[SMITH]: You may not care about her, but...

[ROLFE]: Não te atrevas a dizer que eu não me importo!

[ROLFE]: Don't you dare say I don't care!

[SMITH]: Tu ama-la!

[SMITH]: You love her!

[MEMÓRIA DA NAKOMA]: Nunca esqueças esta terra...

[NAKOMA'S MEMORY]: Never forget this land...

[POCAHONTAS]: Um novo rosto, um novo céu que nunca vi

[POCAHONTAS]: A new face, a new sky I've never seen

[POCAHONTAS]: Dir-me-á a quem pertencerei?

[POCAHONTAS]: Will it tell me where I belong?

[POCAHONTAS]: Quem sabe se haverá um sonho só para mim?

[POCAHONTAS]: Who knows if there will be a dream just for me?

[POCAHONTAS]: Quem me espera onde nem eu sei?

[POCAHONTAS]: Who awaits me where even I don't know?

[POCAHONTAS]: Ouvir o espírito interior...

[POCAHONTAS]: Listen to the inner spirit...

[POCAHONTAS]: Para onde vou eu partir?

[POCAHONTAS]: Where do I go from here?

[POCAHONTAS]: São tantas vozes

[POCAHONTAS]: There are so many voices

[POCAHONTAS]: Mas vou descobrir

[POCAHONTAS]: But I will find out

[POCAHONTAS]: Não dá para voltar

[POCAHONTAS]: There's no going back

[POCAHONTAS]: Nem para temer

[POCAHONTAS]: Nor to fear

[POCAHONTAS]: Passou, passou

[POCAHONTAS]: It's gone, it's gone

[POCAHONTAS]: Agora vou...

[POCAHONTAS]: Now I go...

[POCAHONTAS]: Partir

[POCAHONTAS]: Leaving

[POCAHONTAS]: Eu vou voltar

[POCAHONTAS]: I will return

[SMITH]: Enforcam-te!

[SMITH]: They'll hang you!

[POCAHONTAS]: Serei apenas a primeira a cair

[POCAHONTAS]: Will I just be the first to fall

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rosto /ˈʁoʊstu/ A2	noun - face
céu /ˈseu/ A1	noun - sky
sonho /ˈsõɲu/ A2	noun - dream
espera /esˈpeɾɐ/ A2	noun - wait
partir /paʁˈtiʁ/ B1	verb - to leave
descobrir /deskuˈbɾiʁ/ B1	verb - to discover
vozes /ˈvɔzes/ A2	noun - voices
temer /teˈmeʁ/ B1	verb - to fear
cair /kajʁ/ B1	verb - to fall

Key Grammar Structures

• [ROLFE]: Não te atrevas a dizer que eu não me importo!

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Present)

  ➔ The phrase "Não te atrevas a dizer" (Don't you dare say) uses the subjunctive mood because it expresses doubt or a hypothetical situation. "Atrevas" is the present subjunctive form of "atrever-se".

• [POCAHONTAS]: Dir-me-á a quem pertencerei?

  ➔ Future Subjunctive (archaic) / Future Tense in an Indirect Question

  ➔ "Pertencerei" could be interpreted as either the future subjunctive (less likely, more archaic) or the future tense. In modern Portuguese, the future subjunctive is rare. In this context, it's part of an indirect question (a quem pertencerei?), using the future tense to inquire about where she will belong. "Dir-me-á" is also a construction that puts the object pronoun before the verb, something not as common nowadays.

• [POCAHONTAS]: Quem sabe se haverá um sonho só para mim?

  ➔ Future Subjunctive (after 'se')

  ➔ While the previous case could be argued, the use of "haverá" after "se" reinforces the conditionality, suggesting possibility and therefore using the future subjunctive form of the verb "haver" (to have/exist). Modern uses are more likely to avoid the subjunctive.

• [POCAHONTAS]: Nem para temer

  ➔ Infinitive as Noun

  ➔ The infinitive "temer" (to fear) is being used as a noun here. It's part of a parallel structure with another omitted infinitive (presumably something like "Nem para voltar nem para temer").