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Luiz Gonzaga

Cantiga De Vem VemVem Vem Song (Bird Song)

Luiz Gonzaga · A Triste Partida The Sad Departure (1964)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Vivo sempre escutando

A cantiga de vem-vem

Quando ouço ele cantando

Penso ser você que vem

Fico de ôio no caminho

Por fim não chega ninguém

Ai, ai, ai

Por fim não chega ninguém } bis


Quando perco a esperança

Parece uma tentação

Me sento lá no terreiro

Escoro o rosto com a mão

Sem plano, pobre coitado

Fazendo risco no chão

Ai, ai, ai } bis

Fazendo risco no chão

Tá vendo, meu bem tá vendo

Como é doce querer bem

Faz inté levar em conta

A cantiga de vem-vem

Ai, ai, ai } bis

A cantiga de vem-vem

Translation

I live always listening

To the song of the vem-vem

When I hear it singing

I think it's you coming

I keep an eye on the path

In the end, no one arrives

Oh, oh, oh

In the end, no one arrives } bis


When I lose hope

It seems like a temptation

I sit there in the terreiro

I rest my face in my hand

Without a plan, poor wretch

Making marks on the ground

Oh, oh, oh } bis

Making marks on the ground

You see, my dear, you see

How sweet it is to love

It even makes me take into account

The song of the vem-vem

Oh, oh, oh } bis

The song of the vem-vem

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