Gilberto Gil
A ciência em si lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 2:44
(by Gilberto Gil & Arnaldo Antunes)
(by Gilberto Gil & Arnaldo Antunes)
Se toda coincidência
If every coincidence
Tende a que se entenda
Tend to what can be understood
E toda lenda
And every legend
Quer chegar aqui
Wants to get here
A ciência não se aprende
Science can't be learned
A ciência apreende
Science grips
A ciência em si
Science in itself
Se toda estrela cadente
If every shooting star
Cai pra fazer sentido
Fall to make sense
E todo mito
And every myth
Quer ter carne aqui
Wants to have flesh here
A ciência não se ensina
Science isn't taught
A ciência insemina
Science inseminates
A ciência em si
Science in itself
Se o que se pode ver, ouvir, pegar, medir, pesar
If what can be seen, heard, touched, measured, weighed
Do avião a jato ao jaboti
From the jet plane to the tortoise
Desperta o que ainda não, não se pôde pensar
Awakens what still can't, hasn't been thought
Do sono do eterno ao eterno devir
From the sleep of the eternal to the eternal becoming
Como a órbita da terra abraça o vácuo devagar
Like the Earth's orbit embraces the void slowly
Para alcançar o que já estava aqui
To reach what was already here
Se a crença quer se materializar
If belief wants to materialize
Tanto quanto a experiência quer se abstrair
As much as experience wants to abstract
A ciência não avança
Science doesn't advance
A ciência alcança
Science reaches
A ciência em si
Science in itself
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Key vocabulary
- ciência
- scienceA2
- estrela
- starA2
- medir
- measureA2
- pegar
- grabA2
- pensar
- thinkA2
- pesar
- weighA2
- pode
- canA2
- pôde
- couldA2
- sentido
- meaningA2
- toda
- allA2
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.