Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu te procuro
No Leblon, Copacabana
Vejo velas de umbanda
Um buquê jogado ao mar
Um marinheiro, estrangeiro, desumano
Deixou seu amor chorando querendo se afogar
No mar,
Oh, oh, no mar
Eu te procuro nos lençóis da minha cama
Ai de ti, Copacabana, será duro o teu penar
Pelo pecado de esconderes quem me ama
Ai de ti, Copacabana, serás submersa ao mar
No mar
Oh, oh, no mar
O riacho navega pro rio
E o rio desagua no mar
Pororoca faz um desafio
No encontro do rio com o mar
No mar
Oh, oh, no mar
Então mergulho no meu sonho absurdo
Entre carros, conchas, búzios
Entre os peixinhos do mar
Lembro Caymmi, Rubem Braga, João de Barro
E sigo no itinerário da princesinha do mar
No mar
Oh, oh, no mar
Translation
I search for you
In Leblon, Copacabana
I see Umbanda candles
A bouquet thrown into the sea
A sailor, foreign, inhuman
Left his love crying, wanting to drown
In the sea,
Oh, oh, in the sea
I search for you in the sheets of my bed
Woe to you, Copacabana, your suffering will be hard
For the sin of hiding the one who loves me
Woe to you, Copacabana, you will be submerged in the sea
In the sea
Oh, oh, in the sea
The stream sails to the river
And the river flows into the sea
The tidal bore poses a challenge
At the meeting of the river with the sea
In the sea
Oh, oh, in the sea
Then I dive into my absurd dream
Among cars, shells, cowries
Among the little fish of the sea
I remember Caymmi, Rubem Braga, João de Barro
And I follow the itinerary of the little princess of the sea
In the sea
Oh, oh, in the sea
