Music > Cize
Composer: Morgadinho
Performer: Cesária Évora
Language: CVC
Cize
Cize
Um raio de luz, senta na bo rosto
A ray of light touched your face
Ele lumiam caminho, caminho de nha destino
It lit my path, the path of my destiny
Amim, jam conchê felicidade
Me, I now know happiness
O Deus, que pura verdade!
Oh God, what pure truth!
Esse bô odjinho, di luz sim c'ma prata
These your sweet eyes light up like silver
Bo carinha ta parce'm um santa
To me your sweet face is like a saint's
O Cize, bô qu'ê luz di nha vida
Oh Cize, you are the light of my life
Jam crê morrê,
And I will want to die,
Si bô negam, querida
If you push me away, my darling.
'M dormi nôte, 'm sonha qu'nha crêtcheu
I sleep at night, I dream of my beloved
Um sonho feliz, mas que realidade
A happy dream, even more than reality
'M pedi Deus, pa bô bem ser di meu
I pray to God that you will be mine
Sem bô amôr, 'm ca tem felicidade
Without your love, I have no joy
Esse bô odjinho, di luz sim c'ma prata
These your sweet eyes light up like silver
Bo carinha ta parce'm um santa
To me your sweet face is like a saint's
O Cize, bô qu'ê luz di nha vida
Oh Cize, you are the light of my life
Jam crê morrê,
And I will want to die,
Si bô negam, querida
If you push me away, my darling.
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