Gilberto Gil
Beira-mar lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:55
Na terra em que o mar não bate
In a land where the sea doesn't hit
Não bate o meu coração
My heart doesn't beat
O mar onde o céu flutua
The sea where the sky floats
Onde morre o sol e a lua
Where the sun and moon die
E acaba o caminho do chão
And the path of the ground ends
Nasci numa onda verde
I was born in a green wave
Na espuma me batizei
In the foam I was baptized
Vim trazido numa rede
I came brought in a net
Na areia me enterrarei
In the sand I will be buried
Na areia me enterrarei
In the sand I will be buried
Ou então nasci na palma
Or maybe I was born in the palm
Palha da palma no chão
The palm leaf on the ground
Tenho a alma de água clara
I have the soul of clear water
Meu braço espalhado em praia
My arm spread out on the beach
Meu braço espalhado em praia
My arm spread out on the beach
E o mar na palma da mão
And the sea in the palm of my hand
No cais, na beira do cais
On the dock, at the edge of the dock
Senti meu primeiro amor
I felt my first love
E num cais que era só um cais
And on a dock that was just a dock
Somente mar ao redor
Only sea all around
Somente mar ao redor
Only sea all around
Mas o mar não é todo mar
But the sea isn't just any sea
Mar que em todo mundo exista
A sea that exists in all the world
O melhor, é o mar do mundo
The best is the sea of the world
De um certo ponto de vista
From a certain point of view
De onde só se avista o mar
From where you can only see the sea
E a ilha de Itaparica
And the island of Itaparica
A Bahia é que é o cais
Bahia is the real dock
A praia, a beira, a espuma
The beach, the shore, the foam
E a Bahia só tem uma
And Bahia has only one
Costa, clara, litoral
Coast, clear, shoreline
Costa, clara, litoral
Coast, clear, shoreline
É por isso que o azul
That's why the blue
Cor de minha devoção
Color of my devotion
Não qualquer azul, azul
Not just any blue, blue
De qualquer céu, qualquer dia
From any sky, any day
O azul de qualquer poesia
The blue of any poetry
De samba tirado em vão
From samba drawn in vain
É o azul que a gente fita
It's the blue we gaze upon
No azul do mar da Bahia
In the blue of Bahia's sea
É a cor que lá principia
It's the color that begins there
E que habita em meu coração
And lives in my heart
E que habita em meu coração
And lives in my heart
E que habita em meu coração
And lives in my heart
(Essa música é do meu primeiro disco)
(This song is from my first album)
(É uma canção que eu fiz sobre um poema extraordinário de Caetano)
(It's a song I made about an extraordinary poem by Caetano)
(Aquelas coisas extraordinárias que ele escreve)
(Those extraordinary things he writes)
(A música sai única também do meu gosto)
(The music comes out uniquely from my taste)
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Key vocabulary
- mar
- seaA1
- bate
- hits
- coração
- heartB1
- céu
- skyA2
- flutua
- floatsB1
- morre
- dies
- sol
- sunA1
- poema
- poemA1
- praia
- beachA1
- todo
- allA1
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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.