Gilberto Gil
Neve na Bahia lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:39
Xuxa
Xuxa
Bruxa
Witch
Ducha de água fria
Cold shower
No fogo do meu plexo solar
In the fire of my solar plexus
Loura
Blonde
Moura
Dark-haired
Neve na Bahia
Snow in Bahia
Um furacão sem fúria no meu mar
A hurricane without fury in my sea
Agridoce
Bittersweet
Tal um sal de fruta
Like a fruit salt
Vós me agradais quanto vós me agredis
You please me as much as you harm me
Onça
Jaguar
Garça
Heron
Inocente e astuta
Innocent and cunning
Clareza absoluta e mil ardis
Absolute clarity and a thousand tricks
Gueixa disfarçada de boneca
Geisha disguised as a doll
Sudanesa travestida de alemã
Sudanese dressed as a German
Por que sois o mistério à luz do dia?
Why are you the mystery in the daylight?
Por que sois sempre a noite de manhã?
Why are you always the night in the morning?
Ainda bem que sois fruta no meu sonho
I'm glad you're fruit in my dream
A eterna obviedade da maçã
The eternal obviousness of the apple
Que escolho e colho e mordo na bochecha, Xuxa
That I choose, harvest, and bite on the cheek, Xuxa
E tendes travo e gosto de avelã
And you have a hint and taste of hazelnut
Vick
Vick
Vapor
Vapor
Lenta anestesia
Slow anesthesia
Pimenta na garrafa de isopor
Pepper in the Styrofoam bottle
Xuxa
Xuxa
Bruxa
Witch
Ouro de alquimia
Gold of alchemy
Sois flecha de um cupido pós-amor
You are the arrow of a post-love Cupid
Gueixa disfarçada de boneca
Geisha disguised as a doll
Sudanesa travestida de alemã
Sudanese dressed as a German
Por que sois o mistério à luz do dia?
Why are you the mystery in daylight?
Por que sois sempre a noite de manhã?
Why are you always the night in the morning?
Ainda bem que sois fruta no meu sonho
Thank goodness you’re fruit in my dream
A eterna obviedade da maçã
The eternal obviousness of the apple
Que escolho e colho e mordo na bochecha, Xuxa
That I choose, harvest, and bite in the cheek, Xuxa
E tendes travo e gosto de avelã
And you have a hint and taste of hazelnut
Vick
Vick
Vapor
Vapor
Lenta anestesia
Slow anesthesia
Pimenta na garrafa de isopor
Pepper in the Styrofoam bottle
Xuxa
Xuxa
Bruxa
Witch
Ouro de alquimia
Gold of alchemy
Sois flecha de um cupido pós-amor
You are an arrow from a post-love cupid
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Key vocabulary
- boneca
- dollA2
- gosto
- tasteA2
- inocente
- innocentA2
- manhã
- morningA2
- mil
- thousandA2
- neve
- snowA2
- ouro
- goldA2
- sonho
- dreamA2
- xuxa
- nickname
- bruxa
- witchA2
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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.