Текст и перевод песни Mayra Andrade - Vapor di Imigrason

Vapor di Imigrason

Ó Deus, nô sakrifisiu di stranjeru
Nha korason vivi pertadu
Foi tantu sufri kaladu
Ku sodadi, ku dor ki nu karega nôs txom
Ó mar, resebi es morna bu ntrega-s
Fla-s ma um dia nôs fidjus ka xinti más sodadi
Nôs mai ka txora ses fidjus ki bai
Pa téra lonji, na vapor di imigrason
Na vapor di imigrason, eh eh eh...
Na vapor di imigrason, eh eh eh...
Nha povu, fidju speransa
Nu finka pe, nu djunta mon
I kada dia al di ser más grandi
Ku forsa des tradison
Bentu spadja-nu na mundu
Na labuta ku mar nu foi balenti
Nu tenti pedra, rabata orgudju
Na vapor di imigrason
Na vapor di imigrason, eh eh eh...
Na vapor di imigrason, eh eh eh...

Immigration Boat

Oh God, our sacrifice of strangers
My heart lives lost
There was so much silent suffering
With longing, with pain that doesn't leave us alone
Oh sea, receive these Cape Verdeans who give themselves to you
May there come a day when our children will no longer feel homesick
Our mothers will cry for their children who are leaving
For distant lands, on an immigration boat
On an immigration boat, eh eh eh...
On an immigration boat, eh eh eh...
My people, children of hope
Let's not give up, let's stick together
And every day we will become greater
With the strength of our traditions
The wind will scatter us throughout the world
In the fight against the sea, we have been brave
We pushed stones, swallowed our pride
On an immigration boat
On an immigration boat, eh eh eh...
On an immigration boat, eh eh eh...