Gilberto Gil
Vitrines lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 3:35
As vitrines são vitrines
The display cases are display cases
Sonhos guardados perdidos
Dreams kept, lost
Em claros cofres de vidro
In clear glass safes
Um astronauta risonho
A smiling astronaut
Como um boneco falante
Like a talking doll
Numa pequena vitrine
In a small showcase
De plástico transparente
Of transparent plastic
Uma pequena vitrine
A small showcase
A escotilha da cabine
The hatch of the cabin
Mundo do lado de fora
World on the outside
Do lado de fora, a ilha
Outside, the island
A ilha terra distante
The island, a distant land
Pequena esfera rolante
Little rolling sphere
A terra bola azulada
The blue ball of earth
Numa vitrine gigante
In a giant showcase
O cosmonauta, a vitrine
The cosmonaut, the showcase
No cosmos de tudo e nada
In the cosmos of everything and nothing
De éter de eternidade
Of ether of eternity
De qualquer forma vitrine
In any form, a showcase
Tudo que seja ou que esteja
Everything that is or that exists
Dentro e fora da cabine
Inside and outside the booth
Éter, cosmo, nave, nauta
Ether, cosmos, ship, navigator
Acoplados no infinito
Coupled in the infinite
Uma vitrine gigante
A giant showcase
Plataforma de vitrines
Platform of showcases
Eu penso nos olhos dela
I think of her eyes
Atrás das lentes azuis
Behind the blue lenses
Dos óculos encantados
Of the enchanted glasses
Que ela viu numa vitrine
That she saw in a showcase
Óculos que eu dei a ela
Glasses that I gave to her
Num dia de muita luz
On a day full of light
Os óculos são vitrines
The glasses are showcases
Seus olhos azuis, meu sonho
Your blue eyes, my dream
Meu sonho de amor perdido
My dream of lost love
Atrás de lentes azuis
Behind blue lenses
Vitrines de luz, seus olhos
Showcases of light, your eyes
Infinitamente azuis
Infinitely blue
As vitrines são vitrines
Showcases are showcases
Sonhos guardados perdidos
Dreams stored away, lost
Em claros cofres de vidro
In clear glass safes
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Key vocabulary
- distante
- distantA2
- forma
- shapeA2
- gigante
- giantA2
- guardados
- stored
- claros
- clearA2
- cofres
- safesB1
- astronauta
- astronautB1
- risonho
- smiling
- boneco
- dollA2
- falante
- speakerB2
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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.