João Gilberto
Samba Da Minha Terra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 2:17
O samba da minha terra deixa a gente mole
The samba from my land makes us feel so loose
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
O samba da minha terra deixa a gente mole
The samba from my land makes us feel so loose
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
Quem não gosta de samba
Whoever doesn't like samba
Bom sujeito não é
Isn't a good person
É ruim da cabeça
Is crazy in the head
Ou doente do pé
Or sick in the foot
Eu nasci com o samba
I was born with samba
No samba me criei
In samba, I was raised
E do danado do samba
And from that damn samba
Nunca me separei
I never parted ways
O samba da minha terra deixa a gente mole
The samba from my land makes us all sway
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone gets to groove
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone gets to groove
Quem não gosta de samba
Whoever doesn't like samba
Bom sujeito não é
Is not a good person
É ruim da cabeça
Is crazy in the head
Ou doente do pé
Or sick at heart
Eu nasci com o samba
I was born with samba
No samba me criei
In samba I grew up
E do danado do samba
And from that damned samba
Nunca me separei
I've never separated
O samba da minha terra deixa a gente mole
The samba from my land makes us soft
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
Quando se canta, todo mundo bole
When we sing, everyone sways
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Key vocabulary
- deixa
- leaveA2
- mundo
- worldA2
- sujeito
- subjectA2
- bom
- goodA1
- gente
- peopleA1
- todo
- allA1
- mole
- softB1
- canta
- sing
- bole
- blob
- gosta
- like
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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.