January 30, 2004

  • This is a weekend gift. A friend of mine just sent me this link to a site that shows a nice song written and sung by a great Brazilian singer  named Toquinho. Its name is “Aquarela” that means watercolor. The animation will show what the singer says in the lyrics. I´ll post it in Portuguese and in English below. Meanwhile, have fun and I do hope you like it. It is one of my favorite songs…


    AQUARELA – Toquinho
    WATERCOLOR

    Numa folha qualquer
    On whichever piece of paper

    Eu desenho um sol amarelo
    I draw a yellow sun

    E com cinco ou seis retas
    and with five or six strokes

    É fácil fazer um castelo
    It?s easy to make a castle

    Com o lápis em torno da mão
    With a pencil in the curve of my hand

    Eu me dou uma luva
    It is like a glove

    E se faço chover
    and if I make it rain

    Com dois riscos tenho um guarda-chuva
    With two quick scribbles, I have an umbrella

    Se um pinguinho de tinta Cai num pedacinho azul do papel
    If a drop of ink falls in a blue spot on the paper

    Num instante imagino
    I instantly imagine

    Uma linda gaivota a voar no céu
    a pretty gull flying in the sky

    Vai voando
    And he goes flying

    Contornando a imensa curva norte-sul
    Skirting an immense North-South curve

    Vou com ela, Viajando, Havaí, Pequim ou Istambul
    And I go with her, traveling to Hawaii, Peking, or Istambul

    Pinto um barco a vela branco, navegando
    I paint a small boat with a white spinniker, sailing

    É tanto céu e mar num beijo azul
    With so much sky and sea in a blue kiss

    Entre as nuvens 
    Among  clouds

    Vem surgindo um lindo avião rosa e grená
    There appears a pretty pink and green airplane

    Tudo em volta colorindo
    Everything in return coloring

    Com suas luzes a piscar
    With its lights blinking

    Basta imaginar e ele está partindo
    It’s enough to imagine and the plane is taking off

    Sereno, indo
    Serenely, going

    E se a gente quiser
    and if we wish

    Ele vai pousar
    The plane will land

    Numa folha qualquer
    On whichever piece of paper

    Eu desenho um navio de partida
    I draw a ship casting off

    Com alguns bons amigos
    With some good friends

    Bebendo de bem com a vida
    Drinking to the good things in life

    De uma América a outra
    From one America to another

    Eu consigo passar num segundo
    I can travel in a moment

    Giro um simples compasso
    I turn a simple compass

    E num círculo eu faço o mundo
    and in a circle I make the world

    Um menino caminha
    A boy who is walking,

    E caminhando chega no muro
    And walking, he arrives at a short
    wall

    E ali logo em frente
    and there in front of him

    A esperar pela gente o futuro está
    waiting for us is the future

    E o futuro
    And the future

    É uma astronave que tentamos pilotar
    Is a spaceship that we try to fly

    Não tem tempo nem piedade
    it does not have time nor mercy

    Nem tem hora de chegar
    Nor does it have any scheduled arrival time

    Sem pedir licença, muda a nossa vida
    Without asking for permission, it changes our lives

    E depois convida a rir ou chorar
    And later invites us to laugh or to cry

    Nessa estrada não nos cabe
    In this path we are taking, it does not suit us

    Conhecer ou ver o que virá
    To know or to see what it will come

    O fim dela
    At the end of it all

    Ninguém sabe bem ao certo
    Nobody knows with certainty

    Onde vai dar
    Where it will lead us

    Vamos todos numa linda passarela
    We all follow a pretty pathway

    De uma aquarela que um dia enfim,
    Of a watercolor that one day at last

    Descolorirá
    It?s color will fade

    Numa folha qualquer
    On whichever piece of paper

    Eu desenho um sol amarelo
    I draw a yellow sun

    E descololirá
    and it?s color will fade

    E com cinco ou seis retas
    and with five or six strokes

    É fácil fazer um castelo
    It’s easy to make a castle

    E descolorirá
    and its color will fade

    Com o lápis em torno da mão
    With the pencil around the hand

    Eu me dou uma luva
    It is like a glove

    E descololirá
    And it will fade

Comments (7)

  • That’s SUCH a pretty song and cute video (I love that little red haired boy!)  THanks for sharing it with us.  I love the word “aquarela” ~ it’s so melodic.  That is my dream to be a painter of aquarelas!  Have a great weekend!

  • i must disagree

    salvation is dependent on our faith and our relationship with Him, not our service

  • A paper, a pencil and imagination … thats all that one needs … i like the lyrics a lot.

  • so simple but so visual. really nice.

  • very nice…

  • NICE! really NICE! enjoyed it a lot!

  • With a simple piece of paper the painter- poet starts and step to step build his dream more and more further . Power of the creativity .

     Love           Michel

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