Music: A. Jobim (Garota de Ipanema)
Arrangement: T. Pierhagen
Lyrics: V. De Moraes (Portuguese), N. Gimbel (English)
and D. Cohen (Dutch and Latin) *
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Aspicite illam puellam gratissimae formae
Quae ambulat cunctis diebus ad mare
Est mihi par divae demissae caelo
Graditur aurea forma sub sole Ipanemo
Tam leviter saltans ut flamma demanet
Ut torpeat lingua ut desit mi vox
Amoris quid sum tam egens
Amantem reddit amentem
Amenti ostentat mi Venus
Venustatem quae non solum mea
Ambulat sola et ea
Ah, si modo scivisset dum vadit in via
Se reddere mundum luculentiorem
Ut fulgeant corda et vincat amor
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Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes “ah!”
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 “ah!”