Gilberto Gil
A linha e o linho lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1983
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:08
É a sua vida que eu quero bordar na minha
It's your life that I want to embroider on mine
Como se eu fosse o pano e você fosse a linha
As if I were the fabric and you were the thread
E a agulha do real nas mãos da fantasia
And the needle of reality in the hands of fantasy
Fosse bordando ponto a ponto nosso dia a dia
Stitching point by point our day-to-day
E fosse aparecendo aos poucos nosso amor
And our love gradually appearing little by little
Os nossos sentimentos loucos, nosso amor
Our crazy feelings, our love
O zigue-zague do tormento, as cores da alegria
The zigzag of torment, the colors of joy
A curva generosa da compreensão
The generous curve of understanding
Formando a pétala da rosa da paixão
Forming the petal of the rose of passion
A sua vida, o meu caminho, nosso amor
Your life, my path, our love
Você, a linha, e eu, o linho, nosso amor
You, the thread, and I, the linen, our love
Nossa colcha de cama, nossa toalha de mesa
Our bedspread, our tablecloth
Reproduzidos no bordado, a casa, a estrada, a correnteza
Reproduced in the embroidery, the house, the road, the current
O sol, a ave, a árvore, o linho da beleza, oh
The sun, the bird, the tree, the linen of beauty, oh
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Key vocabulary
- vida
- lifeB1
- quero
- want
- bordar
- embroider
- fosse
- was
- pano
- clothA1
- linha
- lineA2
- agulha
- needleB1
- mãos
- handsA2
- fantasia
- fantasyA2
- bordando
- embroidering
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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.