Gilberto Gil
Pílula de alho lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 3:40
Você já ouviu falar
Have you heard about
Da pílula de alho?
The garlic pill?
É uma pílula amarela
It's a yellow pill
Cê toma uma daquela
You take one of those
Nem sabe o que é que sente
You don't even know what you feel
Mas a infecção já era
But the infection is gone
Eu tive dor de dente
I had a toothache
Tomei algumas delas
I took a few of them
As bichinhas logo agiram
Those little things kicked in fast
Depois de certo tempo
After a while
Senti-me melhorado
I felt improved
E os sintomas maus sumiram
And the bad symptoms disappeared
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
É puro óleo de alho
It's pure garlic oil
É como a flor de dendê
It's like the oil palm flower
É mel da planta isenta
It's honey from the exempt plant
De qualquer outro fator
From any other factor
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
A luminosidade
The brightness
É de bola de gude
Is like a marble
A transparência é cristalina
The clarity is crystal clear
Vê-se que é coisa pura
You can see it's something pure
Sente-se que é coisa nova
You can feel it's something new
Sabe-se que é coisa fina
You know it's something special
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Da planta antibiótica
From the antibiotic plant
Da velha medicina
From the old medicine
Que desenvolvimento
What development
Que belo ensinamento
What a beautiful lesson
A pílula de alho ensina
The garlic pill teaches
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
É puro óleo de alho
It's pure garlic oil
É como a flor de dendê
It's like the flower of palm oil
É mel da planta isenta
It's honey from the untainted plant
De qualquer outro fator
From any other factor
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
Você já ouviu falar
Have you heard about
Da pílula de alho?
The garlic pill?
É uma pílula amarela
It's a yellow pill
Cê toma uma daquela
You take one of those
Nem sabe o que é que sente
You don't even know what you feel
Mas a infecção já era
But the infection's gone
Eu tive dor de dente
I had a toothache
Tomei algumas delas
I took a few of them
As bichinhas logo agiram
Those little things kicked in
Depois de pouco tempo
After a little while
Senti-me melhorado
I felt improved
E os sintomas maus sumiram
And the bad symptoms disappeared
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
É puro óleo de alho
It's pure garlic oil
É como a flor de dendê
It's like the flower of palm oil
É mel da planta isenta
It's honey from the exempt plant
De qualquer outro fator
From any other factor
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
A luminosidade
The brightness
É de bola de gude
Is like a marble
A transparência é cristalina
The transparency is crystal clear
Vê-se que é coisa pura
You can see it's something pure
Sente-se que é coisa nova
You can feel it's something new
Sabe-se que é coisa fina
You know it's something fine
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Da planta antibiótica
From the antibiotic plant
Da velha medicina
From the old medicine
Que desenvolvimento
What development
Que lindo ensinamento
What a beautiful lesson
A pílula de alho ensina
The garlic pill teaches
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
É puro óleo de alho
It's pure garlic oil
É como a flor de dendê
It's like the flower of dendê
É mel da planta isenta
It's honey from the exempt plant
De qualquer outro fator
From any other factor
A pílula de alho
The garlic pill
Feita de alho e calor
Made of garlic and heat
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Key vocabulary
- ouviu
- heard
- falar
- speakA1
- alho
- garlicA2
- amarela
- yellow
- toma
- take
- sabe
- knows
- infecção
- infectionB1
- tive
- had
- dor
- painA1
- dente
- toothA2
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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.