Paroles et traduction Mayra Andrade - Téra lonji

Téra lonji

N ben d′un téra lonji
D'un téra lonji di li
Dja N ten andádu mundu
Má N k′átxa un lugár sábi si
A-mi é fidju di rótxa
Ki Béntu-Lésti fulia na már
Déntu mi ten dés ilia
Kábu-Verdi, Kábu-Verdi
La na nha Téra lonji
Laméntu di Povu foi txeu
Konsiénsia grita óra
I un di ses vós foi Kabral
Nós é fidjus di rótxa
Ki Béntu-Lésti fulia na már
Déntu nós tudu é ilia
Kábu-Verdi, Kábu-Verdi
Palan só ta spéra txuba
Txiku, Nhéla ku ses uril
Tufuka dja bendi si pexi
Oji Bénta txiga Lisboua
Filisiánu txora sodádi
Beny gánha totobóla
Es vida é sima maré
Ku kada ánu ta nasi speránsa
Di odja azágua ben trás di simentera
Pa vida bai más suávi si, más dóxi si
Pa kada un ki kré es txon

Téra lonji

I come from a distant land
A faraway land
I have traveled the world
But I have not found a place like this
I am a child of the sea
Whose ancestors sailed the seas
Inside me I have two islands
Cape Verde, Cape Verde
There in my distant land
The people's lament was true
Conscience shouts now
And one of your voices was Cabral
We are children of the sea
Whose ancestors sailed the seas
Inside all of us are two islands
Cape Verde, Cape Verde
The plain is waiting for the rain
Txiku, Nhéla and your brother
The boat is ready to go fishing
Today Bénta arrives in Lisbon
Filisiánu cries with longing
Beny wins the lottery
This life is like the sea
With each year comes new hope
After the drought comes the harvest
For life to be sweeter, yes, more gentle
For everyone who believes in this dream