Lyrics and translation Cesária Évora - Ligereza

Ligereza

Quem sabe um dia
Se no ta podê
Inventa um nova folia
Pa tira-no dess loucura
Sem gosto e sem sabura
Talvês um dia
No ta fazê
Dess mundo
Um fantasia
Na seriedade no ta leva
Mod vida ca é banal
Na ligereza no ta vivê
Sem magoa sem ofendê ninguêm
Ja tem tonte mazela
Pa no suporta
Nos vivê
Nos revisa
Um brisa no procura
No issa vela
De nos amor
Amor ta ba
Amor ta bêm
No ta balança
Na sê vai-vem
TRADUCTION
Qui sait si un jour
Nous pourrons
Inventer une nouvelle folie
Pour nous tirer de cette démence
Sans goût et sans plaisir
Peut-être un jour
Ferons-nous
De ce monde
Une fantaisie
On se prend au sérieux
La vie n'est pas banale
Dans la légèreté nous vivrons
Sans peiner ni offenser quiconque
Il y a déjà tellement de malheurs
Que nous devons supporter
Nous vivons
Nous cherchons une brise
Nous hissons la voile
De notre amour
L'amour s'en va
L'amour s'en vient
Nous nous balançons
Dans ce va-et-vient

Lightness

Who knows one day
If you can't
Invent a new revelry
Pa strip-no dess madness
Tasteless and tasteless
Maybe one day
The ta do
Dess world
A fantasy
In seriousness in the ta takes
Mod life ca is banal
In lightness in the living ta
No hurt no offense no one
Ja Tem tonte mazela
Pa does not support
Live us
Our reviews
Um brisa no procura
No issa vela
From our lovers
Amor ta ba
Amor your bêm
No ta swung
Na sê vai-vem
TRANSLATION
Who knows if one day
We will be able to
Inventing a new madness
To get us out of this dementia
Tasteless and without pleasure
Maybe one day
Will we do
Of this world
A fantasy
We take ourselves seriously
Life is not trivial
In lightness we will live
Without toiling or offending anyone
There are already so many misfortunes
That we have to endure
We live
We are looking for a breeze
We hoist the sail
Of our love
Love is leaving
Love is coming
We are swinging
In this back and forth