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2008 Samba Enredo - Amazônia - Paraíso da Natureza

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Amazônia - Paraíso da Natureza

 

Amazonia - Nature's Paradise

 

Autores: Gilberto Gomes  e  Dominguinhos do Estácio
Interprete: Bruno Ribas

Translation: Giselle Winston

 
       

Amazonia.... patrimönio da humanidade

 

Amazonia – the treasure of humankind

 

Mâe natureza.... o eldorado de felicidade

 

Mother Nature – the Eldorado of happiness

 

A vida em silëncio pede proteçâo

 

In the silence of its life, a plea for protection

 

Senhor olhai por nós

 

Oh Lord hear our plea

 

A busca incessante pela evoluçâo

 

The incessant pursuit of development

 

Um sonho delirante e atroz

 

A delirious and atrocious dream

 

Lendas e mistérios sol e lua rio-mar

 

Legends and mysteries, sun and moon, river – sea

 

Dois apaixonados não poderam se casar

 

Two lovers who could not be married

 

Linda é iara um encanto uma luz

 

The beautiful Iara, the Iindian maiden, is enchanting like a light

 

Cintilante estrela mulher-peixe que seduz

 

A sparkling, seductive mermaid star

 
 
 

refrão (bis)

  refrain (repeat)  

é nessa onda que eu vou me banhar

 

And in these waves I will bathe

 

E navegar no mar da ilusão

 

And sail in the sea of illusion

 

Meu coração eu vou te entregar

 

I will give my heart to you

 

E saciar a sede da paixão

 

And quench the thirst of my passion

 
 
   

Em noite de festa matizada em aquarela

 

On the night of the party, shaded in watercolours

   

O boto conquista o coração da donzela

 

The pink river dolphin conquers the maiden’s heart

   

A lua vem nas águas  descansar

 

The moon comes to rest itself in the waters

   

Flutua com seu brilho singular

 

Floating with its singular brightness

   

Nasceu assim Vitória-Régia a mais bela flör

 

And thus was born the Victoria (Waterlily), the most beautiful flower

   

Pétalas divinas luzes cristalinas

 

Divine petals, crystalline lights

   

Exalam um perfume sedutor

 

Exhaling a seductive perfume.

   

O amor que é sublime em cada amanhecer

 

That love which is sublime in every dawn

   

Fez nascer de iacâ linda menina

 

Caused the birth of Iaca, lovely girl,

   

Açaí bendito fruto vinho do prazer

 

Acai, blessed fruit, wine of pleasure

   

O alimento que fez renascer

 

The food that causes regeneration

   

A vida como dádiva divina

 

Life as a divine gift

   
 
   

refrão (bis)

  refrain (repeat)    

Nessa magia vou te conquistar

 

And in this magic I will conquer you

   

Vou tentar te seduzir

 

I will try to seduce you

   

Deixa o meu samba te levar

 

Let my samba lift you up

   

Hoje o paraíso é aqui

 

For today, Paradise is here

   
         
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