"Dindi" ([dʒĩˈdʒi] - which sounds like Jin-jee in English) is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova standard. Tom Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles. "Dindi" is a reference to a farm named "Dirindi", in Brazil, a place that Jobim and his friend/collaborator Vinicius de Moraes used to visit (according to Helena Jobim, his sister, in her book "Antonio Carlos Jobim - Um Homem Iluminado"). In December 1966, just a short while after Telles had recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença, she was killed in a road accident in Rio de Janeiro.
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Céu, tão grande é o céuE bandos de nuvens que passam ligeirasPrá onde elas vão, ah, eu não sei, não sei.English version
English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert:
"Sky so vast is the sky / with faraway clouds just wandering by / Where do they go / oh I don't know."Notable recordings
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