Arlindo Cruz — Aquarela Brasileira song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Aquarela Brasileira" by Arlindo Cruz.
Lyrics
Vejam esta maravilha de cenário
É um episódio relicário
Em que o artista
Num sonho genial
Escolheu para este Carnaval
E o asfalto como passarela
Será aquela
O Brasil em forma de aquarela
Passeando pelas cercanias do Amazonas
Conheci vastos seringais
E no Pará, na Ilha de Marajó
E a velha cabana do Timbó
Caminhando ainda um pouco mais
Deparei com lindos coqueirais
Estava no Ceará
Terra de Irapuã, de Iracema e Tupã
Fiquei radiante de alegria
Quando cheguei à Bahia
Bahia de Castro Alves e do acarajé
Das noites de magia
Do Candomblé
E pude atravessar
As matas do Imbú
Assisti em Pernambuco
A festa do frevo e do maracatu
Brasília tem o seu destaque
Na arte na beleza e arquitetura
Feitiços de garoa pela serra
São Paulo engrandece a nossa terra
Do Leste por todo Centro-Oeste
Tudo é belo e tem lindo matiz
E o rio
De sambas e batucadas
De malandros e mulatas
De requebros febris
Brasil
Essas nossas verdes matas
Cachoeiras e cascatas
De colorido sutil
E neste lindo céu de anil
Emolduram aquarela
Meu Brasil
Lá, lá, lá, lá, lá
Lyrics translation
Look at this wonder of scenery
It's a relic episode
In which the artist
In a genius dream
Chose for this Carnival
And the asphalt as a walkway
It will be that
Brazil in the form of watercolor
Walking around the Amazon
I met vast syringes
And in Pará, on the island of Marajó
And the old Timbo Hut
Walking even a little longer
I came across beautiful coconut trees
I was in Ceará
The land of Irapuan, of Iracema and Tupan
I was radiant with joy
When I arrived in Bahia
Bahia de Castro Alves and acarajé
From the nights of magic
Do Candomblé
And I could cross
The woods of the Imbu
I watched in Pernambuco
The feast of frevo and maracatu
Brasilia has its highlight
In art in beauty and architecture
Drizzle spells by the saw
Saint Paul magnifies our land
From the East through the Midwest
Everything is beautiful and has beautiful hue
And the river
Of sambas and batucadas
Of rascals and mulatto
Of febrile cottage cheese
Brazil
These green woods of ours
Waterfalls and waterfalls
Of subtle color
And in this beautiful sky of anil
Frame watercolor
My Brazil
There, there, there, there, there