Acrilic On Canvas Lyrics in English Legião Urbana
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Acrilic On Canvas by Legião Urbana from Portuguese to English.
É saudade, então
It's longing, then
E mais uma vez
And once again
De você fiz o desenho
Of you I made the drawing
Mais perfeito que se fez
The most perfect that was ever made
Os traços copiei
I copied the lines
Do que não aconteceu
From what didn't happen
As cores que escolhi
The colors I chose
Dentre as tintas que inventei
From among the paints I invented
Misturei com a promessa
I mixed with the promise
Que nós dois nunca fizemos
That we two never made
De um dia sermos três
Of one day being three
Trabalhei você
I crafted you
Em luz e sombra
In light and shadow
E era sempre
And it was always
Não foi por mal
I didn't mean it
Eu juro que nunca quis deixar você tão triste
I swear I never wanted to make you so sad
Sempre as mesmas desculpas
Always the same excuses
E desculpas nem sempre são sinceras
And excuses aren't always sincere
Quase nunca são
Almost never are they
Preparei a minha tela
I prepared my canvas
Com pedaços de lençóis
With pieces of sheets
Que não chegamos a sujar
That we didn't get to dirty
A armação fiz com madeira
I made the frame with wood
Da janela do seu quarto
From your room's window
Do portão da sua casa
From your house's gate
Fiz paleta e cavalete
I made a palette and easel
E com as lágrimas que não brincaram com você
And with the tears that didn't play with you
Destilei óleo de linhaça
I distilled linseed oil
E da sua cama arranquei pedaços
And from your bed I tore off pieces
Que talhei em estiletes de tamanhos diferentes
That I carved into blades of different sizes
E fiz então, pincéis com seus cabelos
And then I made brushes with your hair
Fiz carvão do batom que roubei de você
I made charcoal from the lipstick I stole from you
E com ele marquei dois pontos de fuga
And with it I marked two vanishing points
E rabisquei meu horizonte
And I sketched my horizon
E era sempre
And it was always
Não foi por mal
I didn't mean it
Eu juro que não foi por mal, eu não queria machucar você
I swear I didn't mean it, I didn't want to hurt you
Prometo que isso não vai acontecer mais uma vez
I promise this won't happen again
E era sempre, sempre o mesmo novamente
And it was always, always the same again
A mesma traição
The same betrayal
Às vezes é difícil esquecer
Sometimes it's hard to forget
Sinto muito, ela não mora mais aqui
I'm sorry, she doesn't live here anymore
Mas então porque eu finjo
But then why do I pretend
Que acredito no que invento
That I believe in what I invent
Nada disso aconteceu assim
None of this happened like this
Não foi desse jeito
It wasn't that way
Ninguém sofreu
Nobody suffered
E é só você
And it's only you
Que provoca essa saudade vazia
That causes this empty longing
Tentando pintar essas flores com o nome
Trying to paint these flowers with the name
De amor-perfeito e não-te-esqueças-de-mim
Of pansy and forget-me-not
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Dado Villa-Lobos, Marcelo Augusto Bonfa, Renato Rocha, Renato Russo
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amor-perfeito — pansy (flower)
Amor-perfeito literally translates to "perfect love" but refers to the pansy flower. It's a beautiful and somewhat rare word to find in song lyrics, especially with its double meaning.
In the song, the narrator is trying to paint flowers with the names "amor-perfeito" and "não-te-esqueças-de-mim" (forget-me-not), symbolizing a desperate attempt to hold onto a love that never truly materialized. The use of this specific flower name adds a layer of poetic irony and longing.
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