by Antonio Carlos Jobim
I
Love is like a never ending melody,
Poets have compared it to a symphony,
A symphony conducted by the lighting of the moon,
But our song of love is slightly out of tune . . . .
Once your kisses raised me to a fever pitch,
Now the orchestration doesn’t seem so rich,
Seems to me you’ve changed the tune we used to sing,
Like the bossa nova love should swing . . . .
We used to harmonize two souls in perfect time,
Now the song is different and the words don’t even rhyme,
‘Cause you forgot the melody our hearts would always croon,
What good’s a heart that’s slightly out of tune?
Tune your heart with mine the way it used to be,
Join with me in harmony and sing a song of love,
We’re bound to get in tune again before too long,
There’ll be no Desafinado when your heart belongs to me completely
Then you won’t be slightly out of tune, you’ll sing along with me!
II
If you say my singing is off key,
my love
You would hurt my feelings, don't you see, my love ?
I wish I had an ear like yours,
A voice that would behave
All I have is feeling
And the voice God gave
You insist my music goes against the rules
Yes, but rules were never made for lovesick fools
I wrote this song for you
But you don't care
It's a crooked song, ah,
But my heart is there
The thing that you would see if you would play the part
Is even if I'm out of tune I have a gentle heart
I took your picture with my trusty Rolliflex
And now all I have developed is complex
Possibly in vain, I hope you weaken, oh my love
And forget those rigid rules that undermine my dream of
A life of love and music with someone who'll understand
That even though I may be out of tune when I attempt to say
How much I love you
And all that matters is the message that I bring,
Which is: my dear one, I love you
(Portuguese)
Se vocź disser que eu desafino amor
Saiba que isto em mim provoca imensa dor
Só previlegiados tźm ouvido igual ao seu
Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu
Se vocź insiste em classificar
Como o meu comportamento de anti-musical
N?o lhes vou mentir, até vou comentar
Que isso é bossa-nova
Que isso é muito natural
Que vocź n?o sabe nem sequer pressente
é que os desafinados também tźm um cora??o
Fotografei vocź na minha role-flix
Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratid?o
Só n?o poderį falar assim do meu amor
Que é o maior que vocź pode encontrar
Vocź passou a musica e esqueceu o principal
Que no peito dos desafinados
No fundo do peito bate calado
No peito dos desafinados também bate um cora??o