‘Fingimento’ by Pouca Chinfra- Translation
Pouca Chinfra is a samba combo from Recife, and we are great fans of their music.
Their lyrics frequently are about the fragility of the man's heart when facing a strong, independent or in this instance, a bohemian type woman.
| Fingimento Pouca Chinfra Você finge até chora Bebendo toda hora, Toda noite em claro Mas não tem mais jeito, Vou cuidar de mim Já dei conta do recado, Porque carinho nunca é de menos Depois me deixe em paz Porque esse fingimento Não convence um só momento, fingimento |
Pretense Pouca Chinfra You pretend even cry Drinking all the time, Pulling all-nighters every night But it’s hopeless, I’m going to take care of myself I’ve delivered the goods, Because affection is never too little Then leave me alone Because this pretense It doesn’t convince me for one instant, |
(*1) Cachaça is a Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugar cane juice. It is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. Street vendors selling cachaça and lemonade are a common beach scene in Brazil. Visit our blog to learn how to make caipirinha, Brazil’s most popular cocktail.
(*2) Saravá: Learners of Portuguese quickly become acquainted with the word Axé, used as a positive greeting wishing good energy to friends. Saravá can be used the same way. The term is used in African-Brazilian religions as a mantra and means: SA-(Strength, Lord); RA-(To Reign, Movement); VÁ (Nature, Energy). Used as a mantra it is believed to fix or dispel negative vibrations. In the song, it was used as a verb in the past tense.
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Produced for the University of London’s SOAS Radio and shared with the world as a podcast, the Caipirinha Appreciation Society offers its audience two hours of wonderful under-exposed Brazilian music of all styles, regions and time-periods, from vintage sambas to modern blends.
Produzido para a rádio inglesa SOAS Radio - da University of London - e difundido para o mundo como podcast, o Caipirinha Appreciation Society oferece à sua audiência internacional duas horas de música brasileira pouco explorada pela mídia, de todos os estilos, regiões e períodos, de sambas clássicos a misturas modernas.
MdC Suingue (Portuguese for "Swing") founded the Caipirinha Appreciation Society in 2004, to show the world that there is a lot more to Brazilian music than what radio stations and record companies would have you believe. Kika Serra joined the CAS in 2006, when the show became a bi-national broadcast.
MdC Suingue fundou o Caipirinha Appreciation Society em 2004, para mostrar ao mundo que "música brasileira" é muito mais do que as rádios e gravadoras fazem parecer. Kika Serra juntou-se ao CAS em 2006, quando o programa se tornou uma transmissão bi-nacional.