Gilberto Gil
Outros viram lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:27
O que Walt Withman viu
What Walt Whitman saw
Maiakovski viu
Maiakovski saw
Outros viram também
Others saw it too
Que a humanidade vem
That humanity is coming
Renascer no Brasil!
To be reborn in Brazil!
Teddy Roosevelt sentiu
Teddy Roosevelt felt
Rabindranath Tagore.
Rabindranath Tagore.
Stefan Zweig viu também
Stefan Zweig saw it too
Todos disseram amém
Everyone said amen
A essa luz que surgiu!
To this light that emerged!
Roosevelt que celebrou nossa miscigenação
Roosevelt who celebrated our miscegenation
Até a considerou como sendo a solução
Even considered it the solution
Pro seu próprio país
For his own country
Pra se amalgamar
To amalgamate
Misturar "melting pot" feliz
Mixing, a happy melting pot
Não conseguiu pois seu Congresso não quis!
He couldn't, for his Congress refused!
Rabindranath Tagore também profetizou
Rabindranath Tagore also prophesied
Ousou dizer que aqui surgiria o ser do amor
Dared to say that here the being of love would arise
Um ser superior, civilização da emoção, da paixão, da canção
A superior being, civilization of emotion, passion, and song
Terra do samba sim e do eterno perdão!
Land of samba, yes, and of eternal forgiveness!
Maiakovski ouviu
Mayakovsky heard
A sereia do mar
The siren of the sea
Lhe falar de um gentio
Speak of a gentle soul
De um povo mais feliz
Of a happier people
Que habita esse lugar!
Who lives in this place!
Esta terra do sol
This land of the sun
Esta serra do mar
This mountain by the sea
Esta terra Brasil
This land called Brazil
Sob este céu de anil
Under this azure sky
Sob a luz do luar!
Under the light of the moon!
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Key vocabulary
- withman
- Witman
- viu
- saw
- outros
- othersA2
- viram
- saw
- humanidade
- humanity
- vem
- comeA1
- renascer
- be reborn
- brasil
- Brazil
- sentiu
- feltA2
- todos
- everyoneA1
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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.