Caetano Veloso
Os meninos dançam lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:15
Pinta uma estrela
Paint a star
Na lona azul do céu
On the blue canvas of the sky
Pinta uma estrela lá
Paint a star there
Pinta um malandro
Paint a rogue
E no malandro, outro malandro
And in the rogue, another rogue
Flutua angelical
Floats angelically
Um por um, um por um, um por um, um por um, um por um
One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one
Agora a moça esboça um salto, vai, mas não vai
Now the girl sketches a leap, goes, but doesn't go
Todos sabem voar
Everyone knows how to fly
Baby, Boca, Charles
Baby, Mouth, Charles
A tribo blue, nomadismo
The blue tribe, nomadism
Tenda, templo, circo transcendental
Tent, temple, transcendental circus
Jorge, Pepeu, Bola, Didi
Jorge, Pepeu, Bola, Didi
A história do samba, a luta de classes
The history of samba, the class struggle
Os melhores passes de Pelé
The best moves of Pelé
Tudo é filtrado ali
Everything is filtered there
Naquele espaço azul
In that blue space
Naquele tempo azul
In that blue time
Naquele tudo azul
In that everything blue
Eles dançam, eles dançam, eles dançam
They dance, they dance, they dance
Todos eles dançam
They all dance
Dança-moenda, dança-desenho
Dance-mill, dance-drawing
Dança-trapézio, dança-oração
Dance-trapeze, dance-prayer
Moenda-redenção
Mill-redemption
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Key vocabulary
- pinta
- paintB1
- estrela
- starA2
- lona
- canvasB2
- azul
- blueA2
- céu
- skyA2
- malandro
- rogueB1
- outro
- otherA2
- flutua
- floatsB1
- angelical
- angelic
- agora
- nowA1
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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.