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Luiz Gonzaga

ImbalançaImbalança (a rhythmic sway/rock)

Luiz Gonzaga · 50 anos de chão 50 Years of Experience (1996)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Óia a paia do coqueiro

Quando o vento dá,

Óia o tombo da jangada

Nas ondas do mar,

Óia o tombo da jangada

Nas ondas do mar,

Óia a paia do coqueiro

Quando o vento dá,

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

Pra você agüentar meu rojão

É preciso saber requebrar

Ter molejo nos pés e nas mãos

Ter no corpo o balanço do mar

Ser que nem carrapeta no chão

E virar foia seca no ar

Para quando escutar meu baião

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

Você tem que viver no sertão

Pra na rede aprender a embalar,

Aprender a bater no pilão,

Na peneira aprender peneirar

Ver relampo no mei' dos trovão

Fazer cobra de fogo no ar

Para quando escutar meu baião

Imbalança, imbalança, imbalançá

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Translation

Look at the coconut tree frond

When the wind blows,

Look at the tumble of the jangada

In the waves of the sea,

Look at the tumble of the jangada

In the waves of the sea,

Look at the coconut tree frond

When the wind blows,

Sway, sway, sway

Sway, sway, sway

Sway, sway, sway

Sway, sway, sway

For you to handle my challenge

You need to know how to sway your hips

Have looseness in your feet and hands

Have the sway of the sea in your body

Be like a spinning top on the ground

And turn like a dry leaf in the air

So that when you hear my baião

Sway, sway, sway

You have to live in the sertão

To learn to rock in the hammock,

Learn to pound in the mortar,

Learn to sift in the sieve

See lightning in the midst of thunder

Make fire snakes in the air

So that when you hear my baião

Sway, sway, sway

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