Music > Lua
Composer: Princezito
Performer: Mayra Andrade
Language: CVC
Lua
Moon
Luâ fika ku mi más um kusinha
Moon, stay with me a little longer
Dexâ-m lambuxa na bo,
Let me come close to you
Limia nha korpu ku káima!
Illuminate me with your gentle glow
Luâ dés ki témpu na aitura
Moon: how long has it been
Bu limia nórti, bu limia sul
That you light up the world from north to south,
Bu limia préta, bu limia bránka, Luâ!
That you give your light to blacks and whites?
Luâ riba riba mutu riba,
Moon: you are so high in the sky,
Pa riba simbrom ku tambarinha,
Above the jujube and the tamarind trees,
Riba trópa ku nhu pádri, Luâ!
Above the soldier's sword and the priest's holy water sprinkler!
Lua nóba sima Rikardina
New moon as young as Ricardina
Más rodónda ki Putchutcha
Rounder than the sumptuous Putchutcha,
Xeia sima petu-Sheila, Lua!
More generous than Sheila's breast!
Lua noba
New moon
Lua xeia
Full moon
Lua rodonda
Round moon
Lua kanbanti
Iridescent moon
Lua, limia riba, xeia!
Full moon, shine on me,
Xeia, lua, limia, riba!
Moon, your full light is in the heavens
Lua limia, lua riba, lua branka!
Bright moon, high moon, shining moon!
Lua xeia, lua limia, lua riba!
Full moon, bright moon, high moon!
Lua limia, lua branka, lua xeia!
Bright moon, shining moon, full moon!
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