Gilberto Gil
Pessoa nefasta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 5:11
Tu, pessoa nefasta
You, wretched person
Vê se afasta teu mal
Make sure to push your evil away
Teu astral que se arrasta tão baixo
Your vibe drags so low
No chão
On the ground
Tu, pessoa nefasta
You, wretched person
Tens a aura da besta
You have the aura of the beast
Essa alma bissexta
This leap year soul
Essa cara de cão
This dog-like face
Reza
Pray
Chama pelo teu guia
Call upon your guide
Ganha fé, sai a pé, vai a pé a Bahia
Gain faith, walk on foot, walk to Bahia
Cai aos pés do Senhor do Bonfim
Fall at the feet of the Lord of Bonfim
Dobra
Bow down
Teus joelhos cem vezes
Your knees a hundred times
Faz as pazes com os deuses
Make peace with the gods
Carrega contigo uma figa de puro Marfim
Carry with you a talisman of pure ivory
Pede
Ask
Que te façam propícia
That they may be favorable to you
Que retirem a cobiça
That they take away greed
A preguiça, a malícia
Laziness, malice
A polícia de cima de ti
The police above you
Basta
Enough
Ver-te em teu mundo interno
To see you in your inner world
Pra sacar teu inferno
To grasp your hell
Teu inferno é aqui
Your hell is here
Pessoa
Person
Nefasta
Nefarious
Pessoa
Person
Nefasta
Nefarious
Tu, pessoa nefasta
You, nefarious person
Gasta um dia da vida
Spend a day of life
Tratando a ferida do teu coração
Healing the wound of your heart
Tu, pessoa nefasta
You, wretched one
Faz o espírito obeso correr
Make the heavy spirit run
Perder peso, curar, ficar são
Lose weight, heal, become sane
Solta
Let go
Com a alma no espaço
With the soul in the space
Vagarás, vagarás, te tornarás
You will wander, you will wander, you will become
Bagaço
Pulp
Pedaço de tábua no mar
A piece of board in the sea
Dia
Day
Após dia boiando
After day drifting
Acabarás perdendo a ansiedade
You will end up losing the anxiety
A saudade
The longing
A vontade de ser e de estar
The desire to be and to exist
Livre
Free
Das dentadas do mundo
From the bites of the world
Já não terás, no fundo
You will no longer have, deep down
Desejo profundo por nada que não seja
A deep desire for nothing but
Bom
Good
Não mais
No more
Que um pedaço de tábua
Than a piece of wood
A boiar sobre as águas
Floating on the waters
Seu destino nenhum
With no destination
Pessoa nefasta
Nefarious person
Pessoa nefasta
Nefarious person
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Key vocabulary
- pés
- feetA2
- peso
- weightA2
- puro
- pureA2
- tratando
- treatingA2
- vontade
- willA2
- aqui
- hereA1
- cem
- hundredA1
- dia
- dayA1
- ferida
- woundA1
- ficar
- stayA1
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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.