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“Falando de amor” by Tom Jobim (1979)

Dialogue until minute 1:08:

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Song without dialogue:

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If I were able for a day, this love, this joy
I swear I’d give you – if I were able – this love every day
Come close, come without fear, come closer my sweet-heart
Come listen to this secret hidden in a choro song
If only you knew how I like your scent, your flower-like way
You wouldn’t deny a little kiss to he who’s lost in love
Cry, flute; cry, pine; I,  your singer, cry
Cry gently, so quietly, in this choro speaking of love
When you pass by, so beautiful, on this sunbathed road
My soul grows afflicted, and I forget even football
Come in a hurry, come without fear
It was for you, my sweet-heart, that I kept this secret
Hidden in a choro song, deep down in my heart

— Interpretation —

Tom Jobim began this song in Hotel Adams in New York, where he was on honeymoon in 1978 with his seco