Lyrics and translation Cesária Évora - Milca ti liada

Milca ti liada

Milca Ti Lidia
Milca Ti Lidia fla
N'preferi ba guerra na Guiné
Do qui ba pa monda na Monte
Ta quêxa dor na curva
Milca Ti Lidia fla
N'preferi ba guerra na Guiné
Do qui ba pa monda na Monte
Ta quêxa dor na curva
Anda caminho longe
Inda por cima sucur
Enxada na catche
Nha pé dja bira bêdje
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Anda caminho longe
Inda por cima sucur
Enxada na catche
Nha pé dja bira bêdje
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Milca Ti Lídia fla
Manha hora qui galo canta
Di sémola so ka nhôs tchoman
Dixan durmi nha sono
Milca Ti Lídia fla
Manha hora qui galo canta
Di sémola so ka nhôs tchoman
Dixan durmi nha sono
...
Ta cai um brufinha Cambra t'avisa Port inter
Pa ba labanta parede
Pamo limarias di Morro
Cu Cadjeta ta tchiga Monte
Na madrugada.
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Ta cai um brufinha Cambra t'avisa Port inter
Pa ba labanta parede
Pamo limarias di Morro
Cu Cadjeta ta tchiga Monte
Na madrugada.
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada

Milca You Fight

Milca You Fight
Milca You Fight oh
You'd rather go to war in Guinea
Than come to harvest in Monte
You complain your back hurts
Milca You Fight oh
You'd rather go to war in Guinea
Than come to harvest in Monte
You complain your back hurts
Walking for miles
And now you're pregnant
Hoe in your hand
My feet have turned to stone
From all that digging
At dawn
From all that digging
At dawn
Walking for miles
And now you're pregnant
Hoe in your hand
My feet have turned to stone
From all that digging
At dawn
From all that digging
At dawn
Milca You Fight oh
When the rooster crows in the morning
Semolina is all you ever eat
Let me sleep you
Milca You Fight oh
When the rooster crows in the morning
Semolina is all you ever eat
Let me sleep you
...
A little drizzle falls Cambra warns Port inter
To get the walls up
Let's go and polish the Morro rocks
With Cadjeta we'll reach the mountain
At dawn.
From all that digging
At dawn
A little drizzle falls Cambra warns Port inter
To get the walls up
Let's go and polish the Morro rocks
With Cadjeta we'll reach the mountain
At dawn.
From all that digging
At dawn
From all that digging
At dawn
From all that digging
At dawn