Bob Dylan para treinar o inglês
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!