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Luiz Gonzaga

Cajueiro VelhoOld Cashew Tree

Luiz Gonzaga · Aí Tem Gonzagão Here's Gonzagão (1988)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Naquele cajueiro velho

Com um canivete

Desenhei meu coração

Escrevi nossas iniciais

Isto a gente faz cheio de paixão


Com uma flecha atravessada

Ficou bem gravada

Lá no cajueiro


História que a gente conta

Quando se dá conta

Do amor primeiro


História que a gente conta

Quando se dá conta

Do amor primeiro


Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Quanto tempo que já faz

Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Meu desenho de amor não vejo mais


Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Quanto tempo que já faz

Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Meu desenho de amor não vejo mais


A gente quando nasce, nasce

Nasce outra que a gente entrega o coração

A gente fica tão feliz

Todo mundo diz com satisfação

A planta que não é regada

Fica adoentada, morre no canteiro


Assim é minha vida agora

Morro toda hora

Lá no cajueiro


Assim é minha vida agora

Morro toda hora

Lá no cajueiro


Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Quanto tempo que já faz

Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Meu desenho de amor não vejo mais


Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Quanto tempo que já faz

Ai, ai, ai, cajueiro

Meu desenho de amor não vejo mais

Translation

In that old cashew tree

With a pocketknife

I drew my heart

I wrote our initials

This is what we do full of passion


With an arrow pierced through it

It remained well engraved

There on the cashew tree


A story we tell

When we realize

Of first love


A story we tell

When we realize

Of first love


Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

How much time has passed

Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

I no longer see my drawing of love


Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

How much time has passed

Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

I no longer see my drawing of love


When we are born, we are born

Another is born to whom we give our heart

We become so happy

Everyone says with satisfaction

A plant that is not watered

Becomes sickly, dies in the flowerbed


That's how my life is now

I die every hour

There on the cashew tree


That's how my life is now

I die every hour

There on the cashew tree


Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

How much time has passed

Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

I no longer see my drawing of love


Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

How much time has passed

Oh, oh, oh, cashew tree

I no longer see my drawing of love

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