Samba em Prelúdio [English translation]

I without you have no reason why

Because without you I can't even cry

I'm flame with no light, garden without moon

Moonlight without love, love that's not shared

I without you am just lovelessness

A boat with no sea, a field with no flower

Sadness that goes, sadness that comes

Without you, my love, I am nobody

Oh, how I miss you

How I wish to see our life get reborn

Come back, my dear

My arms need yours along with them

Your hugs need mine along with them

I'm so alone

My eyes are tired of gazing beyond1

Come and see life

Without you, my love, I am nobody

Without you, my love, I am nobody

1. As another translator pointed out, "o além" can also mean "the afterlife"; it could make sense, given the invitation to watch life in the next line and the desire for their life as a couple to be reborn; melodically, however, "beyond" sounds better.

• Artist:Baden Powell