Gilberto Gil
Era nova lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1977
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:59
Falam tanto numa nova era
They talk so much about a new era
Quase esquecem do eterno é
They almost forget about the eternal, huh
Só você poder me ouvir agora
Just you being able to hear me now
Já significa que dá pé
Already means there's a chance, oh
Novo tempo sempre se inaugura
A new time is always being born
A cada instante que você viver
With every moment that you live
O que foi já era, e não há era
What was is gone, and there’s no era
Por mais nova que possa trazer de volta
No matter how new it may bring back
O tempo que você perdeu, perdeu, não volta
The time you lost, lost, won't return
Embora o mundo, o mundo, dê tanta volta
Although the world, the world, goes around so much, eh-eh
Embora olhar o mundo cause tanto medo
Though looking at the world brings so much fear
Ou talvez tanta revolta
Or perhaps so much outrage
A verdade sempre está na hora
The truth always comes at the right time
Embora você pense que não é
Even if you think it isn't
Como seu cabelo cresce agora
Like your hair grows now
Sem que você possa perceber
Without you even realizing it
Os cabelos da eternidade
The hairs of eternity
São mais longos que os tempos de agora
Are longer than the times we know
São mais longos que os tempos de outrora
Are longer than the times of yore
São mais longos que os tempos da era nova
Are longer than the times of the new era
Da nova, nova, nova, nova, nova era
Of the new, new, new, new, new era
Da era, era, era, era, era nova
Of the era, era, era, era, new era
Da nova, nova, nova, nova, nova era
Of the new, new, new, new, new era
Da era, era, era, era, era nova
Of the era, era, era, era, new era
Que sempre esteve e está pra nascer
That has always been and is about to be born
Falam tanto
They talk so much
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Key vocabulary
- tanta
- so muchA2
- tanto
- so muchA2
- trazer
- bringA2
- volta
- returnA2
- cada
- eachB1
- eterno
- eternalB1
- outrora
- formerlyB1
- revolta
- rebellionB1
- verdade
- truthB1
- falam
- speak
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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.