Gilberto Gil
Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:23
O luar
The moonlight
Do luar não há mais nada a dizer
There's nothing more to say about the moonlight
A não ser
Except
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
O luar
The moonlight
Do luar não há mais nada a dizer
There's nothing more to say about the moonlight
A não ser
Except
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
Que a gente precisa ver para crer
That we need to see to believe
Diz o dito popular
As the saying goes
Uma vez que existe só para ser visto
Once it exists just to be seen
Se a gente não vê, não há
If we don't see it, it isn't there
Se a noite inventa a escuridão
If the night invents the darkness
A luz inventa o luar
The light invents the moonlight
O olho da vida inventa a visão
The eye of life invents the sight
Doce clarão sobre o mar
Sweet glow over the sea
Já que existe lua
Since the moon exists
Vai-se para rua ver
We go out to see
Crer e testemunhar
Believe and bear witness
O luar
The moonlight
Do luar só interessa saber
The moonlight only matters to know
Onde está
Where it is
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
O luar
The moonlight
Do luar não há mais nada a dizer
About the moonlight there's nothing more to say
A não ser
Except that
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
We need to see the moonlight
O luar
The moonlight
Do luar só interessa saber
The moonlight only matters to know
Onde está
Where it is
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
Que a gente precisa ver o luar
That we need to see the moonlight
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Key vocabulary
- luar
- moonlight
- há
- there is
- mais
- moreA1
- nada
- nothingA1
- dizer
- sayA1
- gente
- peopleA1
- precisa
- needA2
- ver
- seeA1
- crer
- believe
- diz
- says
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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.