Alexandre Lyrics in English Caetano Veloso
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Alexandre by Caetano Veloso from Portuguese to English.
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Ele nasceu no mês do leão, sua mãe uma bacante
He was born in the month of the lion, his mother a bacante
E o rei seu pai, um conquistador tão valente
And the king his father, such a valiant conqueror
Que o príncipe adolescente pensou que já nada restaria
That the teenage prince thought nothing would be left
Pra, se ele chegasse a rei, conquistar por si só
For, if he came to king, conquer by himself
Mas muito cedo ele se revelou um menino extraordinário
But very soon he turned out to be an extraordinary boy
O corpo de bronze, os olhos cor de chuva e os cabelos cor de sol
The bronze body, the rain-colored eyes and the sun-colored hair
Alexandre
Alexander
De olímpia e felipe o menino nasceu, mas ele aprendeu
From Olympia and Philip the boy was born, but he learned
Que o seu pai foi um raio que veio do céu
That your father was a lightning bolt that came from heaven
Ele escolheu seu cavalo por parecer indomável
He chose his horse because he seemed indotable
E pôs-lhe o nome bucéfalo ao dominá-lo
And he put his bucolic name on it by domeding it
Para júbilo, espanto e escândalo do seu próprio pai
To rejoicing, astonishment and scandal of his own father
Que contratou para seu perceptor um sábio de estagira
Who hired for his perceptor a sage of estagira
Cuja a cabeça sustenta ainda hoje o ocidente
Whose head still sustains today the West
O nome aristóteles nome aristóteles se repetiria
The name aristotle name aristotle would repeat itself
Desde esses tempos até nossos tempos e além
From these times to our times and beyond
Ele ensinou o jovem alexandre a sentir filosofia
He taught the young Alexander to feel philosophy
Pra que mais que forte e valente chegasse ele a ser sábio também
So that more than strong and valiant he came to be wise too
Alexandre
Alexander
De olímpia e felipe o menino nasceu, mas ele aprendeu
From Olympia and Philip the boy was born, but he learned
Que o seu pai foi um raio que veio do céu
That your father was a lightning bolt that came from heaven
Ainda criança ele surpreendeu importantes visitantes
As a child he surprised important visitors
Vindos como embaixadores do império da pérsia
Come as ambassadors of the Empire of Persia
Pois os recebeu na ausência de felipe com gestos elegantes
For he received them in the absence of philip with elegant gestures
De que o rei, seu próprio pai, não seria capaz
That the king, his own father, would not be able
Em breve estaria ao lado de felipe no campo de batalha
Soon i'd be by felipe's side on the battlefield
E assinalaria seu nome na história entre os grandes generais
And would mark his name in history among the great generals
Alexandre
Alexander
De olímpia e felipe o menino nasceu, mas ele aprendeu
From Olympia and Philip the boy was born, but he learned
Que o seu pai foi um raio que veio do céu
That your father was a lightning bolt that came from heaven
Com hefestião, seu amado
With hefestion, your beloved
Seu bem na paz e na guerra
Its good in peace and war
Correu em honra de pátroclo
Raced in honor of patrolo
Os dois corpos nus
The two naked bodies
Junto ao túmulo de aquiles, o héroi enamorado, o amor
Next to the tomb of achilles, the hero enamored, the love
Na grande batalha de queronéia, alexandre destruía
In the great battle of queronéa, Alexander destroyed
A esquadra sagrada de tebas, chamada invencível
The sacred squadron of thebes, called invincible
Aos dezesseis anos, só dezesseis anos, assim já exibia
At the age of sixteen, only sixteen years old, so already exhibited
Toda a amplidão da luz do seu gênio militar
All the breadth of light of your military genius
Olímpia incitava o menino dourado a afirma-se
Olympias incited the golden boy to assert himself
Se felipe deixava a família da mãe de outro filho dos seus se insinuar
If Philip let the family of the mother of another child of his to insinuate
Alexandre
Alexander
De olímpia e felipe o menino nasceu, mas ele aprendeu
From Olympia and Philip the boy was born, but he learned
Que o seu pai foi um raio que veio do céu
That your father was a lightning bolt that came from heaven
Feito rei aos vinte anos
Made king at the age of twenty
Transformou a macedônia
Transformed Macedonia
Que era um reino periférico, dito bárbaro
That it was a peripheral kingdom, said barbarian
Em esteio do helenismo e dos gregos, seu futuro, seu sol
In the aesthesium of Hellenism and the Greeks, their future, their sun
O grande alexandre, o grande, alexandre
The great alexander the great, the great, alexander
Conquistou o egito e a pérsia
Conquered Egypt and Persia
Fundou cidades, cortou o nó górdio, foi grande
He founded cities, cut the Gordian knot, was great
Se embriagou de poder, alto e fundo, fundando o nosso mundo
He got drunk on power, high and deep, founding our world
Foi generoso e malvado, magnânimo e cruel
He was generous and evil, magnanimous and cruel
Casou com uma persa, misturando raças, mudou-nos terra, céu e mar
Married a Persian, mixing races, changed us earth, sky and sea
Morreu muito moço, mas antes impôs-se do punjab a gibraltar
He died very young man, but before imposed from punjab to gibraltar
Alexandre
Alexander
De olímpia e felipe o menino nasceu, mas ele aprendeu
From Olympia and Philip the boy was born, but he learned
Que o seu pai foi um raio que veio do céu
That your father was a lightning bolt that came from heaven
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