Gilberto Gil
Frevo rasgado lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1968
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 1:55
Foi quando topei com você
It was when I ran into you
Que a coisa virou confusão no salão
That things turned into chaos in the hall
Porque parei, procurei, não encontrei
Because I stopped, looked around, found nothing
Nem mais um sinal de emoção em seu olhar
Not even a trace of emotion in your gaze
Aí eu me desesperei
Then I got desperate
E a coisa virou confusão no salão
And things turned into chaos in the hall
Porque lembrei do seu sorriso aberto
Because I remembered your wide smile
Que era tão perto, que era tão perto
That was so close, that was so close
Em um carnaval que passou
In a carnival that has passed
Porque lembrei que este frevo rasgado
Because I remembered this ripped frevo
Foi naquele tempo passado
It was back in that past time
O frevo que você gostou
The frevo that you loved
E dançou e pulou
And danced and jumped
Foi quando topei com você
It was when I bumped into you
Que a coisa virou confusão no salão
That things turned into a mess in the hall
Porque parei, procurei, não encontrei
Because I stopped, searched, and found nothing
Nem mais um sinal de emoção em seu olhar
Not even a sign of emotion in your gaze
A coisa virou confusão
Things turned into chaos
Sem briga, sem nada demais no salão
Without a fight, without anything out of the ordinary in the hall
Porque a bagunça que eu fiz, machucado
Because the mess I made, hurt
Bagunça que eu fiz tão calado
The mess I made so quietly
Foi dentro do meu coração
Was inside my heart
Porque a bagunça que eu fiz, machucado
Because the mess I made, hurt
Bagunça que eu fiz tão calado
The mess I made so quietly
Foi dentro do meu coração
Was inside my heart
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Key vocabulary
- topei
- I met
- coisa
- thingA1
- virou
- turned
- confusão
- confusion
- salão
- hallA2
- parei
- stopped
- procurei
- searched
- encontrei
- found
- mais
- moreA1
- sinal
- signalB2
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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.