Em 13 de Outubro de 2016, o genial Bob Dylan recebeu o prêmio Nobel de Literatura.

Exatamente, o cara que escreveu Like a Rolling Stone, e que inspirou John Lennon a escrever melhor, como o fez em You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.

Mas e por que – vocês se perguntam – o músico ganhou um prêmio de literatura? Bem, primeiro porque ele escreve muito. E segundo, de acordo com a Academia Sueca:

“for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

ou

“por ter criado novas expressões poéticas dentro da grande tradição da canção americana”

Então, em homenagem a Bob Dylan (como se ele precisasse mais alguma), segue abaixo a clássica Mr Tambourine Man com a letra pra dar uma treinadinha no listening porque – os fãs do cara que me perdoem, mas a dicção dele definitivamente não é a sua melhor característica…

Mr. Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

.

Though I know that evenings empire has returned into sand

Vanished from my hand

Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping

My weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feet

I have no one to meet

And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming

.

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship

My senses have been stripped

My hands can’t feel to grip

My toes too numb to step

Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering

I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready for to fade

Into my own parade

Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it

.

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly through the sun

It’s not aimed at anyone

It’s just escaping on the run

And but for the sky there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme

To your tambourine in time

It’s just a ragged clown behind

I wouldn’t pay it any mind

It’s just a shadow you’re seeing that he’s chasing

.

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

.

Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind

Down the foggy ruins of time

Far past the frozen leaves

The haunted frightened trees

Out to the windy bench

Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky

With one hand waving free

Silhouetted by the sea

Circled by the circus sands

With all memory and fate

Driven deep beneath the waves

Let me forget about today until tomorrow

.

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there ain’t no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

.

Outras leituras relacionadas aqui no nosso blog são Como aprender Inglês com Música .

Além disso fizemos uma baita playlist no spotify para quem quer praticar o listening, com músicas fáceis de entender: PLAYLIST SPOTIFY.

See you next time!

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