Gilberto Gil
O lugar do nosso amor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:31
O buraco que ficou
The hole that remained
De uma bomba que explodiu
From a bomb that exploded
No saguão do nosso amor
In the hallway of our love
Não foi tão grande assim
Wasn't that big after all
Nem tão profundo assim
Nor that deep at all
Que lá no fundo fosse o fim do mundo
That down in the depths it was the end of the world
Lá no fundo o que ficou
Down in the depths what remained
Estilhaços de aflição e pedaços de rancor
Shards of anguish and pieces of resentment
Não valem nada, não
Aren't worth anything, no
Não enchem um caminhão
Don't fill a truck
Pegue com sua mão, jogue no lixo
Take it with your hand, throw it in the trash
Deixe limpar seu coração
Let it clean your heart
A bomba que explodiu, meu bem
The bomb that exploded, my dear
Não passava de um traque
Was nothing more than a firecracker
Tratava-se de um truque
It was about a trick
De um mágico de fraque
Of a magician in a tailcoat
História de almanaque de ilusões
A tale from a yearbook of illusions
Não há nada a lamentar
There's nothing to regret
Ficou tudo no lugar
Everything stayed in its place
No lugar de nosso amor morar
In the place where our love used to dwell
O buraco que ficou
The hole that was left
De uma bomba que explodiu
From a bomb that exploded
No saguão do nosso amor
In the lobby of our love
Não foi tão grande assim
Wasn't all that big
Nem tão profundo assim
Nor that deep
Que lá no fundo fosse o fim do mundo
That down at the bottom it would be the end of the world
Lá no fundo o que ficou
Down at the bottom what was left
Estilhaços de aflição e pedaços de rancor
Shards of anguish and pieces of bitterness
Não valem nada, não
Aren't worth anything, no
Não enchem um caminhão
Don't fill a truck
Pegue com sua mão, jogue no lixo
Take it with your hand, throw it in the trash
Deixe limpar seu coração
Let it clean your heart
A bomba que explodiu, meu bem
The bomb that exploded, my dear
Não passava de um traque
Wasn't more than a firecracker
Tratava-se de um truque
It was just a trick
De um mágico de fraque
Of a magician in a tailcoat
História de almanaque de ilusões
A story from an almanac of illusions
Não há nada a lamentar
There's nothing to regret
Ficou tudo no lugar
Everything stayed in its place
No lugar de nosso amor morar
In the place where our love resides
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Key vocabulary
- buraco
- holeA2
- ficou
- stayed
- bomba
- bombA2
- explodiu
- exploded
- saguão
- foyerB2
- amor
- loveB2
- tão
- so
- grande
- bigA1
- assim
- thusA1
- profundo
- deepA2
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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.