maguinha: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)

Quem
pergunta por mim
já deve saber
do riso no fim
de tanto sofrer
que eu nao desisti
das minhas bandeiras
Caminho, trincheiras, da noite!

Eu que sempre apostei
na minha paixão
Guardei um pais no meu coracão
um foco de luz seduz a razão
De repente a visão da esperança
quis esse sonhador,
aprendiz de tanto suor, ser feliz
num gesto de amor meu pais acendeu a cor.

Verde as matas no olhar
ver de perto, ver de novo um lugar,
ver adiante sede
de navegar
verdejantes tempos
mudanca dos ventos no meu coracao...




Those who ask about me
Must already know
That at the end
Of so much suffering,
There’s laughter.
That I never gave up
My mission, my path,
the trenches,
the singing in the night.

I, who against all odds
Pursued my passion,
Kept my homeland in my heart.
A ray of light seduced reason.
A sudden vision of hope
Claimed this dreamer.
This hard-working apprentice
Chose happiness
In a gesture of love
Lit up my country’s color.

Green, the forest in my eye,
To see up-close,
Again, a place (green)
To see ahead (green)
The desire to sail onward
A time for greening
The change of winds
Within my heart.