David Assayag - Norte das Canoas - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation David Assayag - Norte das Canoas




Norte das Canoas
North of the Canoes
Em breve as aves migrarão
The birds will soon migrate
Florescerá o dia
The day will bloom
Paraíso inventado
An invented paradise
Afogado nos desejos, nas chuvas de barro
Drowned in desires, in clay rains
Os castanhais florejam
The chestnut groves bloom
Tupã aos toques de chocalho
Tupã, to the sounds of rattlers
Chamava os filhos de ariri
Called the children of ariri
Rudá esperava nos atalhos
Rudá waited in the shortcuts
O amazonas e o beni
The Amazon and the Beni
E os castanhais florejam
And the chestnut groves bloom
Embalo de rede
Hammock swing
Norte das canoas
North of the canoes
Boia o peixe-boi nas águas do rio
The manatee floats in the river waters
Bicho folharal cochila na mata
The leaf animal dozes in the forest
Vai o curupira amarra o caçador (com a cobra)
The curupira goes to tie up the hunter (with the snake)
Teu rios aos teus pés celebram-te
Your rivers at your feet celebrate you
Resplandece o som do meu tambor
The sound of my drum shines forth
Da marujada
Of the crew
Minha lua é de pano
My moon is made of cloth
Minha ilha flutua
My island floats
Com as mãos eu posso tocar as estrelas
With my hands I can touch the stars
O meu boi é de pano
My ox is made of cloth
Minha ilha flutua
My island floats
Com as mãos eu posso tocar a estrela do caprichoso
With my hands, I can touch the star of the capricious





Writer(s): Ronaldo Barbosa


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