Music > Lua Nha Testemunha
Composer: B. Léza
Performer: Cesária Évora
Language: CVC
Lua Nha Testemunha
The Moon Is My Witness
Bô ca ta pensa nha cretcheu
You can't think my dear
Nem bô ca ta imaginá
Nor can you imagine
C'ma longe di bô 'm tem sofrido
How I have suffered being away from you
Perguntá lua na ceu
Ask the moon in the sky
Lua nha companhera di solidâo
The moon, my companion of solitude
Lua vagabunda di espaço
The moon, wanderer of space
Qui conchê tudo nha vida
That knows all of my life
Nha desventura
And my misfortunes
El qui ta contá-bo nha cretcheu
She's the one who will tell you my dear
Tudo o qu'm tem sofrido
Al l that I have suffered
Na ausencia e na distancia
In your absence and with this distance
Mundo bô tem rolado cu mim
World, you have turned with me
Num jogo di cabra cega
In a game of blindman's bluff
Sempre ta persegui'me
Always chasing after me
Pa cada volta qui mundo da
For each turn the world makes
El ta trazê'me um dor
It brings me a sorrow
Pa'me tchigá mas pa Deus
To bring me closer to God
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