Gilberto Gil
Os pais lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:59
Os pais, os pais
The parents, the parents
Estão preocupados demais
Are too worried
Com medo que seus filhos caiam nas mãos dos narco-marginais!
Afraid that their children will fall into the hands of the narco-marginals!
Ou então na mão dos molestadores sexuais
Or even in the hands of sexual offenders
E no entanto ao mesmo tempo são a favor das liberdades atuais!
And yet at the same time they support current freedoms!
Por isso não acham nada demais
That's why they see nothing wrong
Na semi-nudez de todos os carnavais
In the semi-nudity of all the carnivals
E na beleza estonteante e tão natural
And in the stunning beauty that's so natural
Da moça que expressa no andar provocante
Of the girl who expresses with her provocative walk
A força ondulante da sua moral
The undulating strength of her morals
Amor flutuante acima do bem e do mal
Floating love above good and evil
Os pais, os pais
The parents, the parents
Estão preocupados demais
Are worried too much
Com medo que seus filhos caiam nas mãos dos narco-marginais!
Afraid their children fall into the hands of the narco-delinquents!
Ou então na mão dos molestadores sexuais
Or end up in the hands of sexual abusers
E no entanto ao mesmo tempo são a favor das liberdades atuais!
And yet at the same time they support current freedoms!
Por isso não podem fugir do problema
That's why they can't escape the problem
Maior liberdade ou maior repressão
Greater freedom or greater repression
Dilema central dessa tal de civilização
Central dilemma of this so-called civilization
Aqui no Brasil sob o sol de Ipanema
Here in Brazil under the sun of Ipanema
Na tela do cinema transcendental
On the screen of transcendental cinema
Mantem-se a moral por um fio
Morality hangs by a thread
Um fio dental!
A dental floss!
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Key vocabulary
- acham
- thinkA2
- acima
- aboveA2
- beleza
- beautyA2
- demais
- tooA2
- fio
- threadA2
- força
- strengthA2
- maior
- greaterA2
- mal
- badlyA2
- mantem
- keepsA2
- mão
- handA2
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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.