Gilberto Gil
Edyth Cooper lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:39
Asinhas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel wings
Bochechas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel cheeks
Nádegas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel backside
Bugigangas, velhos pincéis
Trinkets, old paintbrushes
Cem mil réis de carne com osso
One hundred thousand reals of meat with bone
Cem mil réis de queijo de prato
One hundred thousand reals of soft cheese
Cem mil réis de filó barato
One hundred thousand reals of cheap tulle
Gesso, cola, tintas, telões
Plaster, glue, paints, backdrops
Asinhas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel wings
Bochechas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel cheeks
Nádegas de anjo barroco
Baroque angel's buttocks
Bugigangas, velhos pincéis
Trinkets, old brushes
Cem mil réis de carne com osso
A hundred thousand réis of flesh and bone
Cem mil réis de queijo de prato
A hundred thousand réis of plate cheese
Cem mil réis de filó barato
A hundred thousand réis of cheap muslin
Gesso, cola, tintas, telões
Plaster, glue, paints, canvases
Representações de visões proibidas
Representations of forbidden visions
Obscenas obsessões
Obscene obsessions
No ateliê da louca varrida
In the studio of the crazy swept away
Vivendo, varrendo os salões
Living, sweeping the halls
Representações de visões proibidas
Representations of forbidden visions
Obscenas obsessões
Obscene obsessions
No ateliê da louca varrida
In the studio of the crazy swept away
Dando, rindo, lendo Camões, yeah, uô-ô, ah
Giving, laughing, reading Camões, yeah, uô-ô, ah
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Edyth Cooper, vem me consolar
Edyth Cooper, come console me
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Faz essa vassoura voar
Make this broom fly
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Os morcegos vão me chupar, será?
Will the bats suck me dry, will they?
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Edyth Cooper, Edyth Cooper
Sem você, eu vou me borrar de tinta
Without you, I'm going to smear myself with ink
Vou me borrar de gesso
I'm going to smear myself with plaster
Vou me borrar de cola
I'm going to smear myself with glue
Vou descolar de medo
I'm going to peel away from fear
Vou me borrar de tinta
I'm going to smear myself with ink
Vou me borrar de gesso
I'm going to smear myself with plaster
Vou me borrar de cola
I'm going to smear myself with glue
Vou descolar de medo, yeah
I'm going to peel away from fear, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- asinhas
- wings
- anjo
- angel
- barroco
- baroque
- bochechas
- cheeksB2
- nádegas
- buttocksB2
- bugigangas
- trinkets
- velhos
- oldA1
- pincéis
- brushesB2
- cem
- hundredA1
- mil
- thousandA2
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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.