Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Vinicius de Moraes
To Live a Great Love
I don’t walk alone
I only walk in good company
With my guitar
My song and the poetry
To live a great love, I need
A lot of focus and plenty of wisdom
A lot of seriousness and little laughter
To live a great love
To live a great love
The mystery is being a man of one woman
'Cause being with many, man, that’s for those who want
It doesn’t hold any value
To live a great love, first
You gotta become a gentleman
And be entirely devoted to your lady
No matter how it goes
You must make your body a home
Where your beloved can be enclosed
And stand guard outside with a sword
To live a great love
I don’t walk alone
I only walk in good company
With my guitar
My song and the poetry
To live a great love right
It’s not enough just to be a good guy
You also gotta have a lot of guts
Guts like a rower
It’s always necessary to keep in mind
A credit of roses at the florist
Much more, much more than at the dressmaker
To live a great love
It counts to know how to whip up little things
Scrambled eggs, shrimp, soups
Sauces, steaks with fries, little meals
For after the love
And what’s better than going to the kitchen
And preparing with love a chicken
With a rich and tasty side dish
For your great love?
I don’t walk alone
I only walk in good company
With my guitar
My song and the poetry
To live a great love, it’s a lot
Very important to always live together
And even be, if possible, one dead body
So you don’t die of pain
It takes constant care
Not just for the body, but also for the mind
'Cause any low mood, your beloved feels
And it cools the love a bit
You gotta be polite without being phony
Sweet and conciliatory without cowardice
Knowing how to make money with poetry
Not being a big shot
But all of this doesn’t mean a thing
If in this dark and wild jungle
You can’t find your great love
To live a great love
I don’t walk alone
I only walk in good company
With my guitar
My song and the poetry