Paroles et traduction Sam Mangwana - Tio Antonio

Tio Antonio

Tío Antônio quando travalhaba
Nas obras numa plantação
Que pertencía a um colono
Tío Antônio era contratado

Sob um sol ardente do Mocaba
Ele apanhó um pau nas costas
Um capataz pretendía
Que ele era demasiado lento

Antônio wayenda ku Zombo
Ngwa nkazi wayenda mu n'tonga

Tío Antônio foi empregado
Em Madeira, São Tomé, Cabo Verde
No día do seu regreso

Tío Antônio quando trabalhava
Nas obras numa plantação
Que pertencía a um colono
Tío Antônio era contratado

Por ter recusado
Foi deportado
Deportado longe de sua terra
Tío Antônio
Tinha deixado
A familia e sua terra

Antônio kumbe kumbalala...

Antônio wayenda ku Zombo
Ngwa nkazi wayenda mu n'tonga

Antônio...
Sufreu muito
No tempo do colonialismo
Tío Antônio
A yaya
Ay podi Antônio

Kina

Na ma

Tío Antônio quando trabalhava
Nas obras numa plantação
Que pertencía a um colono
Tío Antônio era contratado

Antônio wayenda ku Zombo
Ngwa nkazi wayenda mu n'tonga

Uncle Antonio

Uncle Antonio when he worked
In the fields on a plantation
That belonged to a colonist
Uncle Antonio was employed

Under the burning sun of Mocaba
He got a beating on his back
An overseer thought
That he was too slow

Antonio went away to Zombo
His wife went to the lagoon

Uncle Antonio was employed
In Madeira, São Tomé, Cape Verde
On the day of his return

Uncle Antonio when he worked
In the fields on a plantation
That belonged to a colonist
Uncle Antonio was employed

For refusing
He was deported
Deported far away from his land
Uncle Antonio
He had left
His family and his land

Antonio kumbe kumbalala...

Antonio went away to Zombo
His wife went to the lagoon

Antonio...
Suffered a lot
In the time of colonialism
Uncle Antonio
Oh dear
Oh poor Antonio

Kina

My mother

Uncle Antonio when he worked
In the fields on a plantation
That belonged to a colonist
Uncle Antonio was employed

Antonio went away to Zombo
His wife went to the lagoon