Tatuagem Lyrics in English Chico Buarque
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tatuagem by Chico Buarque from Portuguese to English.
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Quero ficar no teu corpo feito tatuagem
I want to stay on your body like a tattoo
Que é pra te dar coragem
What is to give you courage
Pra seguir viagem
To continue the journey
Quando a noite vem
When the night comes
E também pra me perpetuar em tua escrava
And also to perpetuate myself in your slave
Que você pega, esfrega, nega
That you take, rub, deny
Mas não lava
But it doesn't wash
Quero brincar no teu corpo feito bailarina
I want to play on your body like a ballerina
Que logo se alucina
That soon hallucinates
Salta e te ilumina
Jump and light up
Quando a noite vem
When the night comes
E nos músculos exaustos do teu braço
And in the exhausted muscles of your arm
Repousar frouxa, murcha, farta
Rest limp, withered, fed up
Morta de cansaço
Dead of tiredness
Quero pesar feito cruz nas tuas costas
I want to weigh like a cross on your back
Que te retalha em postas
That cuts you into pieces
Mas no fundo gostas
But deep down you like
Quando a noite vem
When the night comes
Quero ser a cicatriz risonha e corrosiva
I want to be the laughing and corrosive scar
Marcada a frio, a ferro e fogo
Branded by cold, iron and fire
Em carne viva
In the flesh
Corações de mãe
Mother's hearts
Arpões, sereias e serpentes
Harpoons, mermaids and snakes
Que te rabiscam o corpo todo
That scratch your whole body
Mas não sentes
But you don't feel
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