Composer: Sandra Belê
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Ali no canto da sala
Onde a saudade se escora
Meu samba me ignora
Meu violão tão calado
E eu aqui do outro lado
Lado de cá da janela
Do lado de quem espera
Alguém do lado de fora
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Quando ela se foi meu samba
Nunca mais falou comigo
Meu vestido de domingo
Amarelou de tristeza
Sou eu num canto de mesa
Sonhando vê-la chegar
Qual borboleta no ar
Brilhando no quintal verde
Qual borboleta no ar
Brilhando no quintal verde
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Tá raiando o dia, raiando
Raposa voltou pra toca
Besouro voltou pra flor
Só meu amor que não volta
Translation
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
There in the corner of the room
Where longing leans
My samba ignores me
My guitar so silent
And I here on the other side
This side of the window
On the side of one who waits
For someone on the outside
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
When she left, my samba
Never spoke to me again
My Sunday dress
Yellowed with sadness
It's me in a corner of the table
Dreaming of seeing her arrive
Like a butterfly in the air
Shining in the green yard
Like a butterfly in the air
Shining in the green yard
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
The day is dawning, dawning
The fox returned to its den
The beetle returned to the flower
Only my love doesn't return
