Gilberto Gil
Axé Babá lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:23
Meu pai Oxalá
My father Oxalá
Dá-nos a luz do teu dia
Give us the light of your day
De noite a estrela-guia
At night the guiding star
Da tua paz
Of your peace
Dentro de nós
Within us
Meu pai Oxalá
My father Oxalá
Dá-nos a felicidade
Give us happiness
O pão da vitalidade
The bread of vitality
Do teu axé
Of your axé
Do teu amor
Of your love
Do teu axé
Of your axé
Do teu amor
Of your love
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Axé, babá
Axé, baby
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Axé, babá
Axé, baby
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Axé, babá
Axé, baby
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Key vocabulary
- pai
- fatherA1
- oxalá
- hopefully
- dá
- gives
- luz
- lightB2
- dia
- dayA1
- noite
- nightA1
- estrela-guia
- guiding star
- paz
- peace
- dentro
- insideA1
- felicidade
- happiness
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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.