Sabia

(By Antonio Carlos Jobim & Chico Buarque, 

english lyrics by Norman Gimbel)



I'll go back, I know now that I'll go back 

That my place is there and there it will always be

There where I can hear the song of the sabiá 

The song of the sabiá 



I'll go back, I know now that I'll go back 

I will lie in the shaddow of a palm 

That's no longer there 

And pick a flower that doesn't grow 

And may be some one's love speed the night 

The lonely unwanted night 

That may bring me to the new day 



I'll go back, I know now that I'll go back 

They were not in vain 

All the plans I made to deceive myself 

All the roads I made just to loose myself 

All the love I made to forget myself 

All tose mistakes I made just to find myself



I'll go back, I know now that I'll go back 

That my place is there and there it will always be

There where I can hear the song of the sabiá 

Of the sabiá