Gilberto Gil
O veado lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1983
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:44
O veado
The deer
Como é lindo
How beautiful it is
Escapulindo pulando
Slipping away, jumping
Evoluindo
Evolving
Correndo evasivo
Running evasively
Ei-lo do outro lado
There it is on the other side
Quase parado um instante
Almost still for a moment
Evanescente
Evanescent
Quase que olhando pra gente
Almost looking at us
Evaporante
Evaporating
Eva pirante
Eva pirante
O veado
The deer
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Garbo, a palavra mais justa
Garbo, the fairest word
Que me gusta
That I like
Que me ocorre
That comes to me
Para explicar um veado
To explain a deer
Quando corre
When it runs
Garbo esplendor de uma dama
Garbo, the splendor of a lady
Das camélias
Of camellias
Garbo vertiqualidade
Graceful verticality
Animália
Animália
Anamélia
Anamélia
Ó, veado
Oh, deer
Quanto tato
So much touch
Preciso pra chegar perto
I need to get closer
Ando tanto
I've been wandering so much
Querendo o teu pulo certo
Wanting your perfect leap
Teu encanto
Your charm
Teu porte esperto, delgado
Your clever, slender stance
Ser veado
To be a deer
Ser veado
To be a deer
Ter as costelas à mostra
To have the ribs on display
E uma delas
And one of them
Tê-la extraída das costas
To have it extracted from the back
Tê-la Eva bem exposta
To have Eve well exposed
Tê-la Eva bem à vista
To have Eve well in sight
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Key vocabulary
- veado
- deerB1
- escapulindo
- slipping away
- pulando
- jumping
- evoluindo
- evolving
- correndo
- runningA2
- evasivo
- evasive
- ei
- hey
- instante
- moment
- evanescente
- evanescent
- olhando
- looking
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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.