Composer: As Galvão, Sérgio Reis
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Lá vai uma Chalana,
Bem longe se vai,
Navegando no remanso,
Do Rio Paraguai.
Oh,Chalana sem querer,
Tu aumentas minha dor,
Nessas águas tão serenas,
Vai levando o meu amor.
(Bis)
E assim ela se foi,
Nem de mim se despediu,
A Chalana vai sumindo
Na curva do rio,
E se ela vai magoada,
Eu bem sei que tem razão,
Fui ingrato eu feri,
O seu meigo coração.
Oh,Chalana sem querer,
Tu aumentas minha dor,
Nessas águas tão serenas,
Vai levando o meu amor.
(Bis)
Translation
There goes a Chalana,
It goes far away,
Navigating in the backwater,
Of the Rio Paraguai.
Oh, Chalana, unintentionally,
You increase my pain,
In these serene waters,
You carry away my love.
(Bis)
And so she left,
She didn't even say goodbye to me,
The Chalana is disappearing
On the river bend,
And if she leaves hurt,
I know well she is right,
I was ungrateful, I wounded,
Her gentle heart.
Oh, Chalana, unintentionally,
You increase my pain,
In these serene waters,
You carry away my love.
(Bis)
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