Below, I translated the lyrics of the song As regras da sensatez by Rui Veloso from Portuguese to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Nunca voltes ao lugar onde já foste feliz
Never go back to the place where you've been happy
Por muito que o coração diga, não faças o que ele diz
No as much as the heart says, don't do what he says
Nunca mais voltes à casa onde ardeste de paixão
Don't you ever go back to the house where you've snare
Só encontrarás erva rasa por entre as lages do chão
You'll only find shallow grass among the lages on the floor
Nada do que por lá vires será como no passado
Nothing you've seen there will be like in the past
Não queiras reacender um lume já apagado
Don't want to reignite a fire already out
São as regras da sensatez
It's the rules of wisdom
Vais sair a dizer que desta, desta é de vez
You're going to go out and say this one, this is for good
Por grande a tentação que te crie a saudade
No way the temptation that creates your longing
Não mates a recordação que lembra a felicidade
Don't kill the memory that reminds you of happiness
Nunca voltes ao lugar onde o arco-íris se pôs
Never go back to the place where the rainbow stood
Só encontrarás a cinza que dá na garganta nós
You'll only find the ash that's in the throat, we
São as regras da sensatez
It's the rules of wisdom
Vais sair a dizer que desta, desta é de vez
You're going to go out and say this one, this is for good
Só mais uma vez
Just one more time
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