Viver Lyrics in English Cláudia Pascoal , Samuel Úria

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Viver by Cláudia Pascoal from Portuguese to English.

I bring manuals for everything

Except for whatever comes

I arrive prepared

With the gift of forgetting

I do what's due

Except for the duty

Living

I just came to see

Living

I go full gallop

While life gives me feet to twist

I brought the house on my back

And my chest on the run

I know what's waiting for me

Only the future eludes me

Living

Better than existing

Living

I bend guilt, dodge fault

I sleep in revolt, yet I stand upright

I break plates, sweep the shards

I arm my hands for punches and for hair strokes

I make shortcuts and curlicues

There I catch myself on the tracks

Which I run by heart

I forget mourning and go in white

They only give me a discount if I do worse

I ring the wrong doorbell

Always at the right time for switches

I know how to be a redhead and I know rage

Fire-color revives whoever dies of love

I dodge fights and go to battle

Fingers on the baton, egos to conduct

I bring abundance just right

Living doesn't always cost

I already know the meaning of all this

Who speaks most is who is

I burn square one

I refuse the foothill

I head toward the mystery

I live in leaps of faith!

That's it

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SONG MEANING

Viver (which translates to To Live) is Cláudia Pascoal’s spirited reminder that life never comes with an instruction manual. Over a playful, folk-pop groove she and Samuel Úria celebrate improvisation: the narrator brings “manuals for everything except whatever may come,” breaks plates yet sweeps the shards, dodges quarrels yet marches into battle. She is prepared, forgetful, fearless, and curious all at once, determined to experience every contradiction that makes real living far richer than simple existence.

The song paints a picture of someone who carries “the house on her back” and “a heart on the run,” stepping into the unknown with faith leaps rather than safe plans. Responsibilities are met—except, ironically, the biggest one: living itself. By the final chorus, rules and reservations have burned away “at stake zero,” and what remains is sheer eagerness to taste mystery. It is an anthem for anyone who wants to trade caution for courage, mourning for white clothes, and routine for the vibrant unpredictability of just being alive.

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Cláudia Pascoal Viver Lyrics