Gilberto Gil
Toda saudade lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1989
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 1:41
Toda saudade é a presença
Every longing is the presence
Da ausência de alguém
Of someone's absence
De algum lugar, de algo enfim
From somewhere, from something, finally
Súbito o não toma forma de sim
Suddenly the no takes the shape of a yes
Como se a escuridão se pusesse a luzir
As if the darkness began to shine
Da própria ausência de luz
From the very absence of light
O clarão se produz o sol na solidão
The bright light shows the sun in solitude
Toda saudade é um capuz transparente
Every longing is a transparent hood
Que veda e ao mesmo tempo traz a visão
That blinds and at the same time brings the vision
Do que não se pode ver
Of what cannot be seen
Porque se deixou pra trás
Because it was left behind
Mas que se guardou no coração
But it was kept in the heart
O que não se pode ver
What cannot be seen
Porque se deixou pra trás
Because it was left behind
Mas que se guardou no coração
But it was kept in the heart
No coração
In the heart
No coração
In the heart
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Key vocabulary
- toda
- allA2
- saudade
- longingB1
- presença
- presence
- ausência
- absence
- alguém
- someoneA2
- algum
- someA2
- lugar
- placeA1
- algo
- somethingA2
- enfim
- finallyA2
- súbito
- sudden
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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.