Ainda Estamos Aqui

• Por: Miguel Araújo

Letra:

[Português]

[English]

Os horizontes e as marés

The horizons and the tides

As estátuas, as pontes, a américa, a lua, Os cafés

The statues, the bridges, America, the moon, the cafés

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Os cataventos e as estações

The weather vanes and the seasons

Os amores-perpétuos

The everlasting loves

Desertos, as desilusões

Deserts, disillusions

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo passa

Everything passes

O tempo voa

Time flies

O tempo coa

Time grinds away

E por mais que doa a passar

And no matter how much it hurts to let go

Nós ainda estamos aqui

We are still here

Ainda estamos aqui

We are still here

Eu ainda te tenho a ti

I still have you

E nós ainda estamos aqui

And we are still here

Os homens e as gerações

Men and generations

As horas, as eras, as iras, azares, ilusões

Hours, ages, rages, mishaps, illusions

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Os astros e o planisfério

The stars and the globe

Bandeiras ao vento

Flags in the wind

Os mastros, países, impérios

Masts, countries, empires

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Os paraísos prometidos

The promised paradises

Palavras escavadas na pedra e os seus Sentidos

Words carved in stone and their meanings

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo passa

Everything passes

Tudo o que existe

All that exists

E o que resiste

And what endures

E por tudo o que ainda há de vir

And for everything still to come

Nós ainda estamos aqui

We are still here

Ainda estamos aqui

We are still here

Eu ainda te tenho a ti

I still have you

E nós ainda estamos aqui

And we are still here

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Gramática:

• Tudo passa

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'passar' (to pass)

  ➔ Indicates an action that is happening regularly or as a general truth.

• E por tudo o que ainda há de vir

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood in 'haver de vir' (to come)

  ➔ Expresses an anticipation or future occurrence that is not certain.

• Ainda estamos aqui

  ➔ Use of the present tense of 'estar' (to be) with 'aqui' (here)

  ➔ Expresses the continuity of existence or presence in the present moment.

• Os horizontes e as marés

  ➔ Use of plural definite articles and nouns in subject position

  ➔ The nouns are in the plural form to indicate multiple elements or concepts.

• O tempo voa

  ➔ Use of the present tense of 'voar' (to fly) metaphorically to express that 'time flies'

  ➔ Expresses the idea that time passes quickly, metaphorically using 'fly'.

• As estátuas, as pontes, a américa, a lua

  ➔ Use of definite articles with feminine nouns, proper nouns, and abstract nouns

  ➔ Indicates specific objects or concepts using the definite article 'as' or 'a' in Spanish and Portuguese.

• Tudo passa

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'passar' (to pass), repeated to emphasize persistence

  ➔ Repetition emphasizes the ongoing nature of passing time or phenomena.