Gilberto Gil
La Renaissance Africaine lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:05
L'homme plein de dignité
The man full of dignity
Sa nature, ses dieux
His nature, his gods
Son histoire et l'au delà
His history and the beyond
L'homme et son paysage aimé
The man and his beloved landscape
Tout est là devant ses yeux
Everything is right there before his eyes
Tout dedans le baouba
Everything inside the baouba
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
C'est l'afrique libertée
It's Africa, liberated
C'est l'afrique et ses idées
It's Africa and its ideas
De sagesse et de vigueur
Of wisdom and strength
C'est l'afrique et sa mission
It's Africa and its mission
Clé pour la vrai construction
Key to true construction
Du monde civilizé
Of the civilized world
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
Son peuple, son territoire
Its people, its territory
Qui s'étendent en diaspora
That spread in diaspora
Jusqu'à la fin de la terre
Until the end of the earth
En europe, en amerique
In Europe, in America
C'est toujour l'esprit d'afrique
It's always the spirit of Africa
La nouveauté qui prospère
The novelty that thrives
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
Ses enfants, ses gens musclés
Its children, its strong people
Ses femmes d'outre beauté
Its women of incredible beauty
Une beauté noir-nuit
A beauty of night-black
Continent le plus agé
The oldest continent
Les vieux temps nous ont laissé
The old times left us
Sa mythologie, sa vie
Its mythology, its life
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance
And its power
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Avec sa dance
With its dance
La renaissance africaine
The African renaissance
Et sa puissance.
And its power.
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Key vocabulary
- l'homme
- man
- plein
- full
- dignité
- dignity
- sa
- his
- ses
- his
- dieux
- gods
- histoire
- story
- et
- and
- l'au
- the
- delà
- beyondA2
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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.