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2006 Samba Enredo - Paraiso in Wonderland

webpage updated: Sun 05 Feb 2012

Paraíso no pais das Maravilhas

 

Paraiso in Wonderland

Autores Serginho do Porto & Gilson Bernini   Translation: Eduardo Martino
Interprete Serginho do Porto

     

Viajei

 

I took a ride

Nas asas da imaginacão

 

On the wings of the imagination

Fui buscar na fantasia

 

I sought through my costume (1)

Uma fonte cristalina … doce ilusão

 

A crystal clear spring ... sweet illusion

Nesse mundo de magia

 

In this world of magic

Reino encantado pra sonhar

 

Enchanted kingdom in which to dream

Que me traz tanta alegria

 

Which gives me so much joy

Como é lindo recordar

 

How beautiful to remember

Trago no olhar a esperança

 

I have hope in my eyes

No meu Paraíso sou criança

 

In my own little world, I'm a child (2)

     

chorus

   

Me embala que a vida é um doce

 

Move me as life is a sweet

Vou me lambuzar até o fim

 

I will mess my face until the end (3)

Me embala con gostinho de amor

 

Move me with a taste of love

Vou sentir o sabor

 

I'll taste the flavour

De chocolate e quindim

 

Of chocolate and quindim (4)

     
     

Soldadinho de chumbo eu sou

 

I'm a toy soldier

Um super heroi a brilhar

 

A shining super-hero

Emilia a boneca de pano

 

Emilia the rag-doll (5)

Tem Teletubbies no ar

  There are Teletubbies in the air

Da Disney a Vila Cesamo
...la vou eu

  From Disney to Sesame Street ... here I go

De carona no Trem Tommy

  Hitching a ride on Tommy the Tank Engine

Os amigos do Blue Peter encontrei

  I found the friends of Blue Peter

Carnaval ... no Pais das Maravilhas

 

Carnival ... in Wonderland

Sou criança outra vez

 

I'm a child once again

     

chorus

   

Eu vou brincar ... sorrir

 

I will play ... smile

Extravazar a emocão

 

Let go of my emotion

E desejar felicidade

 

And wish happiness

Paz e amor no coracão

 

Peace and love in the heart

     
   

Notes:

   

(1) play on words: means carnival costume but also fantasy.

   

(2) play on words - my own little world / my Paradise / my Paraiso

   

(3) no exact word in English - means to mess up my face with food

   

(4) Quindim is a coconut & egg desert. Also a rhinoceros character in Monteiro Lobato's children's books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.

   

(5) Emilia the rag-doll is a character in Monteiro Lobato's children's books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo

what's a samba enredo

A samba enredo is a samba theme song. Paraiso has a new song composed every year on the theme of the year's carnival.

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