Gilberto Gil
Rebento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 2:57
Rebento, substantivo abstrato
Sprout, abstract noun
O ato, a criação, o seu momento
The act, the creation, its moment
Como uma estrela nova e o seu barato
Like a new star and its thrill
Que só Deus sabe lá no firmamento
That only God knows up in the heavens
Rebento, tudo que nasce é rebento
Sprout, all that is born is a sprout
Tudo que brota, que vinga, que medra
All that sprouts, that thrives, that grows
Rebento raro como flor na pedra
Rare sprout like a flower in the stone
Rebento farto como trigo ao vento
Abundant sprout like wheat in the wind
Outras vezes rebento simplesmente
Other times, sprout simply
No presente do indicativo
In the present indicative
Como a corrente de um cão furioso
Like the chain of a furious dog
Como as mãos de um lavrador ativo
Like the hands of an active farmer
As vezes, mesmo perigosamente
Sometimes, even dangerously
Como acidente em forno radioativo
Like an accident in a radioactive oven
As vezes, só porque fico nervoso rebento
Sometimes, just because I get nervous, I explode
As vezes, somente porque estou vivo
Sometimes, only because I am alive
Rebento, a reação imediata
I explode, the immediate reaction
A cada sensação de abatimento
With each sense of discouragement
Rebento, o coração dizendo, bata
I explode, the heart saying, beat
A cada bofetão do sofrimento
With each slap from suffering
Rebento, esse trovão dentro da mata
Bursting, that thunder in the forest
E a imensidão do som
And the vastness of the sound
E a imensidão do som
And the vastness of the sound
E a imensidão do som
And the vastness of the sound
Desse momento
Of this moment
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Key vocabulary
- nova
- newA2
- raro
- rareA2
- rebento
- sproutA2
- substantivo
- noun
- abstrato
- abstract
- ato
- actB2
- criação
- creationB1
- momento
- momentB1
- estrela
- starA2
- barato
- cheapA2
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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.