Lyrics of Only a Dream in Rio - Milton Nascimento

Only a Dream in Rio (original)

A Terra é minha mãe
O mar é o meu chão
O verde é a luz
Sorrindo em meu olhar
Pois eu digo, é mesmo um sonho o Rio
Tudo será como deve ser
Quiero estar cont você lá
Eu garanto, é um lugar diferente
A minha gente carrega uma cruz
Mas tem força p’ra mudar
Strange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the Portuguese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the Summer breeze
Float on
It’s alright you can stay asleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of Paradise
To call your keeper
And to tender your goodbyes
Oh, what a night
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire Brazilian
Oh, Holy Southern Cross
Later on take me way downtown
In a tin can
I can’t come down from the bandstand
I’m never thrown for such a loss
When they say
O lugar de onde eu vim
Brota no coração
O lugar onde eu nasci
Está no mundo e em mim
O lugar que a gente sonhar
Pode existir, existirá
Vive em nós e viverá
Enquanto houver canção
Caught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldier’s gun
Shouting out loud from
The angry crowd
The mild, the wild and the hungry child
I’ll tell you it’s more than
A dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
Dói demais o coração
E era mais
Mais do que nossas vozes
Mais do que o nosso rosto
Mais do que a luz do olhar
But it’s more than the shining eye
(Mais do que a luz do olhar)
More than the steaming green
(Mais do que o verdejar)
More than the hidden hills
(Tudo o que não se viu)
More than the concrete Christ
(Mais do que o Redentor)
More than a distant land
(Mais do que a Terra Mãe)
Over the shining sea
(Mais do que o céu e o mar)
More than a hungry child
(A fome a nos doer)
More like another time
(O tempo a nos curtir)
Born of a million years
(Mais do que um milhão)
More than a million years
(De anos pra sonhar)

(translation)

The Earth is my mother
The sea is my ground
The green is light
Smiling in my eyes
Well, I say, it's really a dream, Rio
Everything will be as it should be
I want to be with you there
I guarantee it, it's a different place
My people carry a cross
But you have the strength to change
Strange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the Portuguese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the Summer breeze
float on
It's alright you can stay asleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of Paradise
To call your keeper
And to tender your goodbyes
Oh, what a night
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire Brazilian
Oh Holy Southern Cross
Later on take me way downtown
In a tin can
I can't come down from the bandstand
I'm never thrown for such a loss
When they say
The place I came from
It sprouts in the heart
The place where I was born
It's in the world and in me
The place we dream of
There may be, there will be
It lives in us and will live
As long as there is song
Caught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldier's gun
shouting out loud from
The angry crowd
The mild, the wild and the hungry child
I'll tell you it's more than
A dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
My heart hurts too much
And it was more
More than our voices
More than our face
More than the light of the gaze
But it's more than the shining eye
(More than the light of the gaze)
More than the steaming green
(More than greening)
More than the hidden hills
(Everything that was not seen)
More than the concrete Christ
(More than the Redeemer)
More than a distant land
(More than Mother Earth)
Over the shining sea
(More than the sky and the sea)
More than a hungry child
(Hunger makes us hurt)
More like another time
(The time to enjoy ourselves)
Born of a million years
(More than one million)
More than a million years
(Of years to dream)