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Music > Desilusão dum Amdjer

Composer: Antonio Gomes Marta and Daniel Spencer
Performer: Cesária Évora
Language: CVC

Desilusão dum Amdjer

A Woman's Disillusionment

Foi onte qui nha amor

It was yesterday that my love

Nascê feliz pa bô

Awoke enchanted by you

Ma hoje sem piedade

But today, pitiless

Bô despadaçá ess nha mundo

You destroyed my world

Quando sem dó

When without mercy

Bô dixá nha alma n'agonia

You left my soul in agony

Cu dor sem esperança nem fé

In pain without hope or faith


M' sofrê grande afronta

I have suffered the great contempt

D'familia e de tude quel povo

Of my family and of everyone

Es tch'ma 'me amdjer di rua

They called me woman of the streets

Qu'm tava sempre na rua

Because I was always out and about

Ma 'm guentá tudo

But I shouldered it all

C'força d'sentimento

With the strength of my love

Pamóde bô dixa'me perdê luta

So why did you let me lose the battle?


Assim 'm ta pidi mar

So I will ask the sea

Pa'l leva 'me pa 'me ca voltá

To take me away forever

Pa 'me bá vive isolada

To live alone

Num mundo di treva

In a world of darkness

E ca lembrá nh'amor pirdide

And forget my lost love


Oh Deus dá nha alma um sossego

Oh God, give peace to my soul

'M ca magoá ninguem

I have not harmed anyone

Pamode é mim qu'ta sofrê

Why is it that I suffer so

Ijda 'me oiá realidade

Help me to see reality

Aliviá ess nha dor

Ease my pain

P 'm ba vive um vida novo

So that I can live a new life


Oh Deus da nha alma um sossego

Oh God, give peace to my soul

'M ca magoá ninguem

I have not harmed anyone

Pamode é mim qu'ta sofrê

Why is it that I suffer so

Ijda 'me oiá realidade

Help me to see reality

Alivia ess nha dor

Ease my pain

Mim tambem 'm tem direito

I too have a right

Di ser feliz

To happiness

Li na terra

Here in my country