De Ninguém (The Guitar Man) Lyrics in English Roupa Nova

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De Ninguém (The Guitar Man) by Roupa Nova from Portuguese to English.
Pode ser que haja alma melhor, pode ser
There might be a better soul, there might be
Pode ser que haja alma pior, muito bem
There might be a worse soul, very well
Mas igual à Maria que eu tenho
But like the Maria I have
No mundo inteirinho
In the whole wide world
Igualzinha não tem
There's no one exactly like her
Maria Ninguém
Maria Nobody
É Maria e é Maria, meu bem
She's Maria and she's Maria, my dear
Se eu não sou João de nada
If I'm a nobody
Maria que é minha é Maria ninguém
The Maria who's mine is Maria Nobody
Maria Ninguém
Maria Nobody
É Maria como as outras também
She's Maria like the others too
Só que tem que ainda é melhor
Only she's still better
Do que muita Maria que há por aí
Than many Marias out there
Marias tão frias, cheias de manias
Marias so cold, full of quirks
Marias vazias pro nome que tem
Empty Marias for the name they have
Maria Ninguém
Maria Nobody
É um dom que muito homem não tem
It's a gift that many men don't have
Haja visto quanta gente que chama Maria
Just look at how many people call Maria
E Maria não vem
And Maria doesn't come
Maria Ninguém
Maria Nobody
É Maria e é Maria, meu bem
She's Maria and she's Maria, my dear
Se eu não sou João de nada
If I'm a nobody
Maria que é minha é Maria ninguém
The Maria who's mine is Maria Nobody
Maria ninguém
Maria Nobody
É um dom que muito homem não tem
It's a gift that many men don't have
Haja visto quanta gente que chama Maria
Just look at how many people call Maria
E Maria não vem
And Maria doesn't come
Maria Ninguém
Maria Nobody
É Maria e é Maria, meu bem
She's Maria and she's Maria, my dear
Se eu não sou João de nada
If I'm a nobody
Maria que é minha é Maria Ninguém
The Maria who's mine is Maria Nobody
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NinguémNobody / No one

Ninguém means "nobody" or "no one." It's a common word, but in this song, it's used in a very unique and endearing way as part of a proper noun: "Maria Ninguém."

In the lyrics, the singer describes his beloved Maria as "Maria Ninguém" (Maria Nobody), not to diminish her, but to emphasize her unparalleled uniqueness. He claims that while there are many Marias, his Maria is so special that she is "Maria Ninguém" – there's no one else like her in the entire world. This clever play on words makes a common term incredibly memorable and central to the song's theme of incomparable love.

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