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Luiz Gonzaga

Saudades de HelenaLonging for Helena

Luiz Gonzaga · Canaã Canaan (2000)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Saudade ta me matando

Helena vem me buscar

Eu passo as noites sonhando

E os dias passo a chorar


Saudade ta me matando

Helena vem me buscar

Eu passo as noites sonhando

E os dias passo a chorar


Sem Helena a minha vida

É tristeza, é solidão

É seca braba no norte

É morrer na inundação

É brincar com a tristeza

É viver sem poder viver

É morrer de amor por um beijo

É a luz dos olhos não ter


O nosso amor é tão grande

Maior que o nosso não tem

Helena me compreende

Juntinhos vivemo bem

Mas logo vem a saudade

Distantes vamos ficar

Se Helena fica chorando

Eu também fico a chorar

Translation

Saudade is killing me

Helena come get me

I spend the nights dreaming

And the days I spend crying


Saudade is killing me

Helena come get me

I spend the nights dreaming

And the days I spend crying


Without Helena my life

Is sadness, is loneliness

Is a harsh drought in the north

Is to die in the flood

Is to play with sadness

Is to live without being able to live

Is to die of love for a kiss

Is not to have the light in my eyes


Our love is so great

There is none greater than ours

Helena understands me

Together we live well

But soon saudade comes

We will be distant

If Helena keeps crying

I also keep crying

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