Gilberto Gil
Imbalança lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 5:25
Óia a paia do coqueiro
Look at the palm frond
Quando o vento dá,
When the wind blows,
Óia o tombo da jangada
Look at the capsizing of the raft
Nas ondas do mar,
In the ocean's waves,
Óia o tombo da jangada
Look at the capsizing of the raft
Nas ondas do mar,
In the ocean's waves,
Óia a paia do coqueiro
Look at the palm frond
Quando o vento dá,
When the wind blows,
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Swaying, swaying, swaying
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Swaying, swaying, swaying
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Wobble, wobble, wobble
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Wobble, wobble, wobble
Pra você agüentar meu rojão
To handle my firework show
É preciso saber requebrar
You need to know how to sway
Ter molejo nos pés e nas mãos
Have that groove in your feet and hands
Ter no corpo o balanço do mar
Feel the rhythm like the sea's dance
Ser que nem carrapeta no chão
Be like a spinning top on the ground
E virar foia seca no ar
And turn into dry leaves in the air
Para quando escutar meu baião
So when you hear my baião
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Wobble, wobble, wobble
Você tem que viver no sertão
You have to live in the backlands
Pra na rede aprender a embalar,
To learn to cradle in the hammock,
Aprender a bater no pilão,
Learn to pound in the mortar,
Na peneira aprender peneirar
On the sieve learn to sift
Ver relampo no mei' dos trovão
See lightning in the midst of thunder
Fazer cobra de fogo no ar
Make fire snakes in the air
Para quando escutar meu baião
So that when you hear my baião
Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá
Rock it, rock it, rock it
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Key vocabulary
- óia
- look
- paia
- bad
- coqueiro
- coconut tree
- vento
- windA2
- dá
- gives
- tombo
- fall
- jangada
- raftB2
- ondas
- wavesA2
- mar
- seaA1
- imbalança
- imbalance
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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.