Girls from Ipanema

Translation of “Garota de Ipanema” (poem/lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes)
Tune by Tom Jobim

Look how beautiful that is, so full of grace
It’s her, the girl who goes walking by
With a sweet sway on her way to the beach
The girl with the golden skin from the Ipanema sun
Her sway is more than a poem
She’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen go by

Oh, why am I so alone
Oh, why is everything so sad
Oh, the beauty that exists
The beauty that’s not just mine
That also goes by alone
Oh, if she only knew that when she goes by
The smiling world is filled with grace
And gets more beautiful because of love.

“The Girl from Ipanema” English lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Bilingual version sung by João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto
(and just about every other singer ever)

Tall and tan and young
And lovely the girl from Ipanema
Goes walking and when she passes
Each one she passes goes: Ahhh!
When she walks she's like
A samba that swings so cool
And sways so gently that when she passes
Each one she passes goes: Ahhh!

Oh, but he watches so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at he

Tall and tan and young
And lovely the girl from Ipanema
Goes walking and when she passes
He smiles, but she doesn't see

Oh, but he watches so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at he