João Gilberto
Meditação lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 1:47
Quem acreditou
Who believed
No amor, no sorriso, na flor
In love, in the smile, in the flower
Então sonhou, sonhou
Then dreamed, dreamed
E perdeu a paz
And lost the peace
O amor, o sorriso e a flor
Love, the smile, and the flower
Se transformam depressa demais
Transform too quickly
Quem, no coração
Who, in the heart
Abrigou a tristeza de ver
Harbored the sadness of seeing
Tudo isto se perder
All this lost
E, na solidão
And, in solitude
Procurou um caminho e seguiu
Sought a path and followed it
Já descrente de um dia feliz
Already disillusioned with a happy day
Quem chorou, chorou
Who cried, cried
E tanto que seu pranto já secou
And so much that their tears have dried
Quem depois voltou
Who then returned
Ao amor, ao sorriso e à flor
To love, to smiles, and to flowers
Então tudo encontrou
Then everything was found
Pois a própria dor
For even pain itself
Revelou o caminho do amor
Revealed the path to love
E a tristeza acabou
And sadness ended
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Key vocabulary
- acreditou
- believedA2
- amor
- loveB2
- sorriso
- smile
- flor
- flowerA1
- sonhou
- dreamedA2
- perdeu
- lost
- paz
- peace
- transformam
- transformA2
- depressa
- quicklyA2
- demais
- tooA2
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About this song
João Gilberto was a Brazilian singer and guitarist associated with bossa nova, and one of its key architects. He is known for shaping the style through understated acoustic guitar rhythms and a restrained vocal approach that helped define the samba and jazz-informed sound, including on seminal recordings such as Chega de Saudade and Getz/Gilberto.