Milton Nascimento - Os Tambores De Minas - Minas Drums - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Milton Nascimento - Os Tambores De Minas - Minas Drums




Os Tambores De Minas - Minas Drums
Барабаны Минас - Minas Drums
Era um, era dois, era cem
One, two, a hundred
Mil tambores e as vozes do além
A thousand drums and voices from beyond
Morro velho, senzala, casa cheia
Old hill, slave quarters, full house
Repinica, rebate, revolteia
Echoes, beats, and revolts
E trovão no céu é candeia
And thunder in the sky is a lantern
Era bumbo, era surdo e era caixa
Were bass, snare, and tom
Meia-volta e mais volta e meia
Half-turn, more turn, and half again
Pocotó, trem de ferro e uma luz
Pocotó, train, and a light
Procissão, chão de flores e Jesus
Procession, flower-strewn ground, and Jesus
Bate forte até sangrar a mão
Beat hard until your hands bleed
E batendo pelos que se foram
And beat for those who are gone
Ou batendo pelos que voltaram
Or beat for those who have returned
Os tambores de Minas soarão
The drums of Minas will sound
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced
Era couro batendo e era lata
Were hide and tin
Era um sino com a nota exata
Were a bell with the exact note
no chão e as cadeiras da mulata
Feet on the ground and the mulatto's chairs
E o futuro nas mãos do menino
And the future in the boy's hands
Batucando por e destino
Beating for faith and destiny
Bate roupa em riacho a lavadeira
The washerwoman beats clothes in the stream
Ritmando de qualquer maneira
Rhythming in any way
E por fim o tambor da musculatura
And finally the drum of the muscles
O tum-tum ancestral do coração
The ancestral tum-tum of the heart
Quando chega a febre ninguém segura
When the fever comes, no one can stop it
Bate forte até sangrar a mão
Beat hard until your hands bleed
Os tambores de Minas soarão
The drums of Minas will sound
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced
Os tambores de Minas soarão
The drums of Minas will sound
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced
Os tambores de Minas soarão
The drums of Minas will sound
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced
Os tambores de Minas soarão
The drums of Minas will sound
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced
Seus tambores nunca se calaram
Their drums have never been silenced





Writer(s): Milton Nascimento, Marcio Borges


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