Composer: Chambinho do Acordeon
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Se a gente lembra só por lembrar
O amor que a gente um dia perdeu
Saudade inté que assim é bom
Por cabra se convencer
Que é feliz sem saber
Pois não sofreu
Porém se a gente vive a sonhar
Com alguém que se deseja rever
Saudade, entonce, aí é ruim
Eu tiro isso por mim,
Que vivo doido a sofrer
Ai quem me dera voltar
Pros braços do meu xodó
Saudade assim faz roer
E amarga qui nem jiló
Mas ninguém pode dizer
Que me viu triste a chorar
Saudade, o meu remédio é cantar
Translation
If we remember just for the sake of remembering
The love that we once lost
Longing is even good like that
For a fellow to convince himself
That he's happy without knowing
Because he didn't suffer
But if we live dreaming
Of someone we wish to see again
Longing, then, is bad
I know this from myself,
Who lives crazy with suffering
Oh, how I wish I could return
To the arms of my darling
Longing like this gnaws at you
And is as bitter as a bitter gourd
But no one can say
That they saw me sadly crying
Longing, my remedy is to sing
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