Oceano Lyrics in English Djavan

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Oceano by Djavan from Portuguese to English.
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Verse 1
As soon as day broke
There on the high sea of passion
You could see time crumble
Where are you? Such loneliness
You'd forgotten me
After all, of everything on earth
There's nothing anywhere
That'll grow without you here
Far from you, everything stopped
Nobody knows how I suffered
Love is a desert and its fears
Life that rides the saddle of these pains
Doesn't know how to return, give me your warmth
Come make me happy because I love you
You pour into me, and I, ocean
And I forget that loving is almost pain
I only know how to live for you
Verse 2
After all, of everything on earth
There's nothing anywhere
That'll grow without you here
Far from you, everything stopped
Nobody knows how I suffered
Love is a desert and its fears
Life that rides the saddle of these pains
Doesn't know how to return, give me your warmth
Come make me happy because I love you
You pour into me, and I, ocean
And I forget that loving is almost pain
I only know how to live for you
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SONG MEANING

Feel the sunrise glimmering over Brazil’s endless coastline. In Oceano, Djavan turns the sea into a spellbinding metaphor for love. The song opens at dawn in “o mar alto da paixão” (the high sea of passion), where time seems to crumble without the beloved. Every wave carries both beauty and loneliness. Life, growth, even the ticking of the clock—all of it halts when that special person is absent, leaving the singer shipwrecked in solitude.

Yet hope surfaces with every swell. Djavan pleads for the lover’s return so they can “deságua em mim, e eu, oceano” (flow into me, and I into the ocean). Love may feel like a desert full of fears, but when the two reunite, their waters merge into something boundless and life-giving. The song celebrates an all-consuming connection: only together can they make the world move again, turning pain into a vast, shimmering expanse of joy.

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