Mambembe

• Por: Chico Buarque, Roberta Sá
• Álbum: Pra se ter alegria

Letra:

[Português]

[English]

En calles, en plazas

In streets, in squares

En circos, en bancos de jardín

In circuses, on park benches

Corriendo en lo oscuro

Running in the dark

Mi foto en los muros

My picture on the walls

Ya van a saber de mí

They're going to know about me

Mambembe, gitano

Mambembe, gypsy

Debajo del puente, cantando

Under the bridge, singing

Bajo de la tierra, cantando

Under the earth, singing

En boca del pueblo, cantando

In the people's mouths, singing

Mendigo, malandro, negrito, mulato, marginal

Beggar, rogue, little black boy, mulatto, outcast

Cantando

Singing

Esclavo evadido

Escaped slave

O loco perdido

Or lost madman

Voy a hacer mi festival

I'm going to make my festival

Mambembe, gitano

Mambembe, gypsy

Debajo del puente, cantando

Under the bridge, singing

Bajo de la tierra, cantando

Under the earth, singing

En boca del pueblo, cantando

In the people's mouths, singing

Poeta, payaso, pirata, corisco, errante, judío

Poet, clown, pirate, outlaw, wanderer, Jew

Cantando

Singing

Durmiendo en la calle

Sleeping in the street

No es nada, no es nada

It's nothing, it's nothing

Y ese mundo es todo mío

And this world is all mine

Mambembe, gitano

Mambembe, gypsy

Debajo del puente, cantando

Under the bridge, singing

Bajo de la tierra, cantando

Under the earth, singing

En boca del pueblo, cantando

In the people's mouths, singing

En calles, en plazas

In streets, in squares

En circos, en bancos de jardín

In circuses, on park benches

Cantando

Singing

Mendigo, malandro, negrito, mulato, Daniel

Beggar, rogue, little black boy, mulatto, Daniel

Cantando

Singing

Bajo del puente, manos adelante

Under the bridge, hands forward

Cantando

Singing

Poeta, payaso, pirata, Vinicius al agua

Poet, clown, pirate, Vinicius in the water

Cantando

Singing

Durmiendo en la calle Atahualpa, Mercedes que es guía

Sleeping in the street, Atahualpa, Mercedes who is a guide

Cantando

Singing

Silvio saravá, saravá Pablito, saravá Noel

Silvio, saravá, saravá Pablito, saravá Noel

Cantando

Singing

Mexicana, violeta y torpe si fa

Mexican, violet and clumsy, it's done

Cantando

Singing

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Vocabulário nesta música:

Vocabulário	Significados
calles /ˈka.les/ A2	noun - streets
plazas /ˈpla.sas/ A2	noun - public squares
circos /ˈsiɾ.kos/ B1	noun - circuses
bancos /ˈbɐ̃.kus/ A2	noun - benches
jardín /ʒarˈdʒĩ/ A2	noun - garden
corriendo /koˈrɾĩ.ðʊ/ A2	verb - running
oscuro /osˈku.ɾo/ A2	adjective - dark
foto /ˈfo.tu/ A2	noun - photo
muro /ˈmu.ɾu/ A2	noun - wall
gitano /ʒiˈta.nu/ B2	noun - Gypsy
debajo /deˈβa.xo/ B1	adverb - under
puente /ˈpwente/ A2	noun - bridge
bajo /ˈba.xo/ A2	adjective - low
territorio /tɛr.ɾiˈto.ɾjo/ B2	noun - territory
mendigo /mẽˈdʒi.ɣu/ B2	noun - beggar
mundo /ˈmũn.du/ A2	noun - world
canta /ˈkɐ̃.tɐ/ A2	verb - sings

Gramática:

• En calles, en plazas

  ➔ Use of prepositions to indicate location.

  ➔ The phrase "in streets, in squares" uses the preposition "in" to indicate where the actions take place.

• Mendigo, malandro, negrito, mulato, marginal

  ➔ Use of nouns to describe identity.

  ➔ The list of nouns "beggar, rogue, little black, mulatto, marginal" illustrates various identities and social roles.

• Voy a hacer mi festival

  ➔ Future tense construction with 'ir a'.

  ➔ The phrase "I am going to make my festival" uses the future tense to express an intention.

• Durmiendo en la calle

  ➔ Present participle to indicate ongoing action.

  ➔ The phrase "sleeping in the street" uses the present participle to describe an ongoing state.

• Y ese mundo es todo mío

  ➔ Use of possessive to indicate ownership.

  ➔ The phrase "and that world is all mine" uses the possessive adjective "my" to indicate ownership.

• En boca del pueblo, cantando

  ➔ Gerund to indicate simultaneous actions.

  ➔ The phrase "in the mouth of the people, singing" uses the gerund "singing" to indicate that the action is happening at the same time.

• Bajo del puente, cantando

  ➔ Prepositional phrase to indicate location.

  ➔ The phrase "under the bridge, singing" uses the prepositional phrase "under the bridge" to indicate where the action is taking place.