Caetano Veloso
Gravidade lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 2:53
Asa asa asa asa
Wing wing wing wing
Não ter asa
Not having a wing
Pedras no fundo azul
Stones in the deep blue
Água água água água
Water water water water
Barbatana
Fin
Seixo rolando no leito
Pebble rolling on the riverbed
Chama chama chama chama
Flame flame flame flame
Nada nada
Nothing nothing
Sonho afogado no ar
Dream drowned in the air
Asa asa asa asa
Wing wing wing wing
O vento entra pela casa
The wind enters the house
Pedra de sono na cama
Sleep stone on the bed
Sonho no fundo do leito
Dream at the bottom of the riverbed
Brasa debaixo da cinza
Ember beneath the ashes
Anjo no peito da terra
Angel in the heart of the earth
Asa no fundo do sonho
Wing at the bottom of the dream
Asa asa asa asa
Wing wing wing wing
Rio infinito no leito de um rio
Endless river in a riverbed
Seixo seixo seixo seixo
Pebble pebble pebble pebble
Destino do destino
Destiny of destiny
Destino do destino
Fate of fate
Destino do destino
Fate of fate
Destino do destino
Fate of fate
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Key vocabulary
- asa
- wingB2
- pedras
- stonesA2
- azul
- blueA2
- água
- waterA1
- fundo
- bottomB2
- barbatana
- fin
- seixo
- pebble
- rolando
- rolling
- leito
- bedB1
- chama
- flameA2
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About this song
Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian singer-songwriter associated with Tropicália and Brazilian popular music. Known for his genre-spanning career that has blended bossa nova, folk, and experimental rock, he is also recognized for his role in shaping the Tropicalist movement.