Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Madrugou, raiou o dia
E ele ainda não voltou
Faz um ano, um mês, um dia
E ele ainda não voltou
Helena
Acorda linda e preguiçosa
O sol batendo na vidraça
Na sala, no quarto,
Na roupa branca no varal
Helena não lembra nada
Da noite anterior
Entre o silêncio do quarto
E o ronco do elevador
Entre o espelho e a pia
Helena chorou de dor
Helena pensou bobagens
Sentindo as horas passar
Se arrastando na noite
Colada em seu calcanhar
A noite negra vazia
Querendo lhe sufocar
Translation
Day broke, the sun rose
And he still hasn't returned
It's been a year, a month, a day
And he still hasn't returned
Helena
Wake up beautiful and lazy
The sun beating on the glass
In the living room, in the bedroom,
On the white clothes on the clothesline
Helena remembers nothing
Of the night before
Between the silence of the room
And the hum of the elevator
Between the mirror and the sink
Helena cried in pain
Helena thought foolish things
Feeling the hours pass
Dragging through the night
Stuck to her heel
The empty black night
Wanting to suffocate her
