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
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