Gilberto Gil
Menina do sonho lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:54
Hoje a menina do sonho não veio me acordar
Today the girl from my dreams didn't come to wake me up
Quem sabe até tenha vindo e eu não soube sonhar
Maybe she even came and I just couldn't dream
Quem sabe até tenha tentado me descobrir
Maybe she even tried to unravel me
Em meio ao sono pesado a dormir, a dormir
In the midst of heavy sleep, sleeping, sleeping
Quem sabe até tenha vindo visitar meu sono
Maybe she came to visit my dreams
E quem sabe era só o abandono da alma dormida na vida
And maybe it was just the abandonment of the soul asleep in life
O que havia no fundo de mim pra se ver
What was deep inside me to be seen
Que ela, menina do sonho, ficou comovida
That she, the girl from my dreams, was moved
E não fez nada mais que sorrir
And did nothing more than smile
Partindo logo em seguida a buscar por aí
Soon departing to seek out beyond
Outra morada pro sonho, por ser ela fada
Another home for the dream, for she is a fairy
Fadada a viver, com seu corpo no nada
Destined to live, with her body in nothingness
O instante, o espaço, o abraço real da ilusão de existir
The moment, the space, the real embrace of the illusion of existence
Quem terá tido essa noite
Who will have had that night
O sonhar visitado por ela ou por um querubim
The dreaming visited by her or by a cherub
Já que a menina do sonho não veio pra mim?
Since the girl of the dream didn't come for me?
Hoje a menina do sonho não veio me acordar
Today the girl of the dream didn't come to wake me up
Quem sabe até tenha vindo e eu não soube sonhar
Who knows, she might have come and I just didn't know how to dream
Quem sabe até tenha tentado me descobrir
Who knows, she might have even tried to discover me
Em meio ao sono pesado a dormir, a dormir
In the midst of heavy sleep, asleep, asleep
Quem sabe até tenha vindo visitar meu sono
Maybe she even came to visit my dreams
E quem sabe era só o abandono da alma dormida na vida
And who knows, it was just the abandonment of a soul asleep in life
O que havia no fundo de mim pra se ver
What was deep inside me to be seen
Que ela, menina do sonho, ficou comovida
That she, the girl from the dream, was moved
E não fez nada mais que sorrir
And did nothing more than smile
Partindo logo em seguida a buscar por aí, por aí
Leaving right after to seek out there, out there
Outra morada pro sonho, por ser ela fada
Another home for the dream, for she is a fairy
Fadada a viver, com seu corpo no nada
Destined to live, with her body in nothingness
O instante, o espaço, o abraço real da ilusão de existir
The moment, the space, the real embrace of the illusion of existence
Quem terá tido essa noite
Who could have had that night
O sonhar visitado por ela ou por um querubim
The dream visited by her or by a cherub
Já que a menina do sonho não veio pra mim?
Since the girl from my dreams didn't come to me?
Hoje a menina do sonho não veio me acordar
Today the girl from my dreams didn't come to wake me up
Hoje a menina do sonho não veio me acordar
Today the girl from my dreams didn't come to wake me up
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Key vocabulary
- hoje
- todayA1
- acordar
- wakeA1
- sabe
- knows
- tenha
- have
- soube
- knew
- descobrir
- discoverA2
- meio
- middleA2
- sono
- sleep
- dormir
- sleepA2
- visitar
- visit
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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.