Águas De Março Lyrics in English by Elis Regina, Antônio Carlos Jobim

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Águas De Março by Elis Regina from Portuguese to English.

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It's the stick, it's the stone, it's the end of the road

It's a stump remnant, it's a bit lonely

It's a shard of glass, it's life, it's the sun

It's the night, it's death, it's a knot, it's the fishhook

It's field peroba, it's the knot in the wood

Caingá candeia, it's the matita-pereira

It's wind-blown wood, a tumble down the slope

It's the deep mystery, it's like it or not

It's the wind forbidding, it's the end of the slope

It's the beam, it's the span, the ridgepole party

It's the rain raining, it's riverside talk

Of the March waters, it's the end of the weariness

It's the foot, it's the ground, it's the road march

Bird in hand, slingshot stone

It's a bird in the sky, it's a bird on the ground

It's a stream, it's a spring, it's a piece of bread

It's the bottom of the well, it's the end of the road

A disappointment on the face, it's a bit lonely

It's a spare tire, it's a nail, it's a bill, it's a tale

It's a drop dripping, it's a count, it's a point

It's a fish, it's a gesture, it's silver shining

It's the morning light, it's the brick arriving

It's the firewood, it's the day, it's the last straw

It's the bottle of cachaça, the shard on the road

It's the house plan, it's the body in bed

It's the broken-down car, it's the mud, it's the mud

It's a step, it's a bridge, it's a toad, it's a frog

It's a remnant of brush in the morning light

They are the March waters ending the summer

It's the promise of life in your heart

It's a snake, it's a stick, it's John, it's Joseph

It's a thorn in the hand, it's a cut on the foot

They are the March waters ending the summer

It's the promise of life in your heart

It's the stick, it's the stone, it's the end of the road

It's a stump remnant, it's a bit lonely

It's a step, it's a bridge, it's a toad, it's a frog

It's a beautiful horizon, it's a tertian fever

They are the March waters ending the summer

It's the promise of life in your heart

Pau (edra)

In (inho)

Fish (fish)

Hollow (wine)

Water (glass)

Life (ol)

Oite (orti)

Aço (zol)

They are the March waters ending the summer

It's the promise of life in your heart

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Antonio Carlos Jobim

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matita-pereira — mythical forest spirit

Matita-pereira refers to a mythical creature or spirit from Brazilian folklore, often associated with the forest and known for its mysterious and sometimes mischievous nature.

In the song, it's listed among various elements of nature and daily life, adding a touch of local mystique and cultural depth. It's a unique word that evokes the rich tapestry of Brazilian culture and its connection to the natural world, making it particularly enticing for learners interested in more than just common vocabulary.

March is the end of summer in Brazil, and the rain that closes it comes down hard enough to carry things off. The song is an inventory of what the water picks up. It opens with "É o pau, é a pedra, é o fim do caminho" (It's the stick, it's the stone, it's the end of the road) and never stops listing: a shard of glass, a nail, a fishhook, "É a garrafa de cana, o estilhaço na estrada" (It's the bottle of cachaça, the shard on the road), "É o carro enguiçado, é a lama, é a lama" (It's the broken-down car, it's the mud, it's the mud). Nothing is ranked. A house plan sits next to a body in a bed, a night and a death next to a knot and a hook.

The refrain says what the pile is for: "São as águas de março fechando o verão" (They are the March waters ending the summer), and then "É a promessa de vida no teu coração" (It's the promise of life in your heart). Elis Regina and Tom Jobim recorded this in 1974 as a duet, and they spend the last minute breaking the words apart between them — one voice throws "Pau", the other answers "edra", the halves of pau and pedra passing each other like the debris going by in the water.

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