Gilberto Gil
Metáfora lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:22
Uma lata existe para conter algo
A can exists to hold something
Mas quando o poeta diz: lata
But when the poet says: can
Pode estar querendo dizer o incontível
They might be trying to express the uncontainable
Uma meta existe para ser um alvo
A goal exists to be a target
Mas quando o poeta diz: meta
But when the poet says: goal
Pode estar querendo dizer o inatingível
They might be trying to express the unattainable
Por isso, não se meta a exigir do poeta
So, don't meddle in demanding from the poet
Que determine o conteúdo em sua lata
To define the content in their can
Na lata do poeta tudo, nada cabe
In the poet's can, everything, nothing fits
Pois ao poeta cabe fazer
For it is up to the poet to create
Com que na lata venha a caber o incabível
With what can fit in the can, the uncontainable
Deixe a meta do poeta, não discuta
Leave the poet's goal, don't argue
Deixe a sua meta fora da disputa
Keep your aim out of the contest
Meta dentro e fora, lata absoluta
Goal inside and out, an absolute can
Deixe-a simplesmente metáfora
Just let it be a metaphor
Uma lata existe para conter algo
A can exists to hold something
Mas quando o poeta diz: lata
But when the poet says: can
Pode estar querendo dizer o incontível
It could mean the unquantifiable
Uma meta existe para ser um alvo
A goal exists to be a target
Mas quando o poeta diz: meta
But when the poet says: goal
Pode estar querendo dizer o inatingível
It may want to say the unattainable
Por isso, não se meta a exigir do poeta
So, don't interfere by demanding from the poet
Que determine o conteúdo em sua lata
To define the contents in his can
Na lata do poeta tudo, nada cabe
In the poet's can, everything, nothing fits
Pois ao poeta cabe fazer
For the poet's role is to make
Com que na lata venha a caber o incabível
What seems impossible fit in the can
Deixe a meta do poeta, não discuta
Leave the poet's goal, don't argue
Deixe a sua meta fora da disputa
Keep your goal out of the dispute
Meta dentro e fora, lata absoluta
Goals inside and outside, absolute can
Deixe-a simplesmente metáfora
Just let it be a metaphor
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Key vocabulary
- lata
- tinA2
- existe
- existsA2
- conter
- containB1
- algo
- somethingA2
- poeta
- poetB1
- diz
- says
- pode
- canA2
- querendo
- wanting
- dizer
- sayA1
- incontível
- incontivable
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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.