Paroles et traduction Nancy Vieira - Manú

Manú

Manu teve qui dexa se mãe
El teve qui dexa se terra
Pal ba pa terra lo
Mama fla fidju ka bu bai

N'ka ta pode aguenta sem bô
N'ta morre so di sodadi
Sim n'ka ba nu ta morre di fomi
Sem quem spia pa nôs

Sem papa nu tem qui trabadja
Pa nu ka padece
One passode se pai morre
Vitima dum duenca differente

E fica so ku se mãe
Por isso hoje el ta na strangero
Ta luta contra mar e vento
Pa faze se mãe feliz
El regresa ess one pa se terra
El bem braça se mãe
Um mes dipos e torna ba strangero
Ku documento d'imigrante

Manu

Manu had to leave his mother
He had to leave his land
To go to another land
Mama tells her son, "Don't go"

I cannot bear to be without you
I'll die of loneliness
Yes, I will starve to death
Without anyone to look after us

Without a father, we will have to work
So that we do not suffer
One day his father died
A victim of a different disease

And he was left alone with his mother
That's why he is in a foreign land today
Fighting against sea and wind
To make his mother happy
He will return to his land one day
He will come to hug his mother
A month later and he will return to a foreign land
With an immigrant's document