Frágil

• Por: Aurea

Letra:

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[English]

Sempre fiz a cama onde deitei

I always made the bed where I lay down

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Mas já sabias que era frágil

But you already knew it was fragile

Apontaste logo ao meu peito

You pointed right to my chest

Sem olhar, sem olhar pra mim

Without looking, without looking at me

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Nada fiz, eu nada mudei

I did nothing, I changed nothing

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Deixei quebrar o que era frágil

I let the fragile break

E os pedaços eu juntei

And I put the pieces back together

Sem olhar, sem olhar pra mim

Without looking, without looking at me

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Então diz-me pra que dar voltas e voltas

So tell me, what's the point of going in circles

Se tu, já sabias que era frágil

If you already knew it was fragile

Foram dias, foram noites

There were days, there were nights

Em que voltava a ser frágil

When I became fragile again

Mas esses dias já se foram

But those days are gone now

E tu vais, vais olhar pra mim

And you’re going, you’re going to look at me

Sim, eu vi o espelho a falar

Yes, I saw the mirror speak

E eu acabei por me encontrar

And I ended up finding myself

No final de contas

In the end

É o final que conta

It's the ending that matters

Não me lembro como aqui cheguei

I don’t remember how I got here

Mas agora que já me encontrei

But now that I’ve found myself

No final de contas

In the end

É o final que conta

It's the ending that matters

Então diz-me pra que dar voltas e voltas

So tell me, what’s the point of going in circles

Se tu, já sabias que era frágil (sim, eu já sabia que era frágil, frágil, sim, eu já sabia que era)

If you already knew it was fragile (yes, I knew it was fragile, fragile, yes, I knew it was)

Frágil, frágil, sim, eu já sabia que era

Fragile, fragile, yes, I knew it was

Frágil, frágil, sim, eu já sabia que era

Fragile, fragile, yes, I knew it was

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Então diz-me pra que dar voltas e voltas

So tell me, what’s the point of going in circles

Se tu, já sabias que era

If you already knew it was

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Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario	Significados
frágil /ˈfɾaʒiɫ/ B1	adjective - fragile, delicate
sabias /sɐˈβiaʃ/ A2	verb - you knew (imperfect of saber)
peito /ˈpejtu/ A2	noun - chest, breast
olhar /oˈʎaɾ/ A1	verb - to look, to gaze noun - look, gaze
mudei /muˈdej/ A2	verb - I changed (pretérito perfeito of mudar)
quebrar /kɨˈbɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to break
pedaços /pɨˈdasus/ A2	noun - pieces, fragments
voltas /ˈvɔltɐʃ/ A2	noun - turns, rounds
dias /ˈdi.ɐʃ/ A1	noun - days
noites /ˈnoj.tɨʃ/ A1	noun - nights
espelho /ʃˈpeʎu/ A2	noun - mirror
falar /fɐˈlaɾ/ A1	verb - to speak, to talk
encontrar /ẽkõˈtraɾ/ B1	verb - to find, to meet
final /fiˈnal/ A2	noun - end, final adjective - final
conta /ˈkõtɐ/ A2	noun - account, bill, matter
lembro /ˈlẽbɾu/ A2	verb - I remember (present of lembrar)
cheguei /ʃɨˈɣej/ A2	verb - I arrived (pretérito perfeito of chegar)

Gramática:

• Sempre fiz a cama onde deitei

  ➔ Pretérito Perfeito Composto (Compound Perfect)

  ➔ The use of "sempre fiz" indicates an action completed at some point in the past that has relevance to the present. "Sempre" (always) modifies the perfect tense, emphasizing a habitual or continuous action up to now.

• Mas já sabias que era frágil

  ➔ Imperfect Tense (Era) + Subordinate Clause (Que era frágil)

  ➔ "Sabias" is the imperfect tense, describing a state or ongoing condition in the past. "Que era frágil" is a subordinate clause expressing what was known.

• Deixei quebrar o que era frágil

  ➔ Infinitive after verb of permission/allowing (Deixei quebrar)

  ➔ The verb "deixei" (I let) is followed by the infinitive "quebrar" (to break). This structure is common when expressing allowing or causing something to happen.

• Então diz-me pra que dar voltas e voltas

  ➔ Imperative mood (Diz-me) + Indirect question (pra que dar voltas)

  ➔ "Diz-me" is the imperative form of the verb "dizer" (to say) and is an order or request. "Pra que dar voltas" functions as an indirect question embedded within the sentence.

• Foram dias, foram noites

  ➔ Emphatic use of verb 'ser' in the preterite perfect (Foram)

  ➔ The repetition of "foram" (were) emphasizes the passage of time and the experiences during those days and nights.

• Em que voltava a ser frágil

  ➔ Verb tense consistency with relative pronoun 'em que'

  ➔ 'Em que' introduces a relative clause which must maintain consistent verb tense. As the prior part of the phrase is in past, the relative clause is also past, showing recurring action