"Coração Leviano", by Paulinho da Viola in English

Firstly, I would like to wish everyone a great year, filled with love, joy, good health, dreams and hope. My life has been busy and this is why I haven´t posted lately. These past days, some sambas have been stuck in my head, so I´ve decided to post this freshly baked translation from one of the most famous songs by Paulinho da Viola, "Coração Leviano". The song visits the common theme of heartbreak or even unrequited love. I hope you guys enjoy it and may your new year be free from corações levianos. :^D

Coração Leviano

Paulinho da Viola

Trama em segredo teus planos

Parte sem dizer adeus

Nem lembra dos meus desenganos

Fere quem tudo perdeu

Ah coração leviano não sabe o que fez do meu

Ah coração leviano não sabe o que fez do meu (mas trama)

Este pobre navegante

Meu coração amante

Enfrentou a tempestade

No mar da paixão e da loucura

Fruto da minha aventura

Em busca da felicidade

Ah coração teu engano

Foi esperar por um bem

De um coração leviano

Que nunca será de ninguém

Frivolous Heart

Paulinho da Viola

English lyrics by Rita Cammarota

You plot your secret mischief,

And leave without bidding goodbye,

You don´t remember I grieved,

You hurt me, and did not look behind

Oh, that frivolous heart won´t mind what it´s done to mine,

Oh, that frivolous heart won´t mind what it´s done to mine,

This poor sailor in my chest

The heart I carry within,

Has faced a heavy tempest

In a madness passion ship

Hoping for a good destiny

In its search for happiness

Oh, naïve heart, you were wrong

To have expected some love

From a frivolous heart,

That will never belong to someone