Ligereza
Cesária Évora Lyrics


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Quem sabe um dia
Se no ta podê
Inventa um nova folia
Pa tira-no dess loucura
Sem gosto e sem sabura

Talvês um dia
No ta fazê
Dess mundo
Um fantasia

Na seriedade no ta leva
Mod vida ca é banal
Na ligereza no ta vivê
Sem magoa sem ofendê ninguêm

Ja tem tonte mazela
Pa no suporta
Nos vivê
Nos revisa
Um brisa no procura
No issa vela
De nos amor

Amor ta ba
Amor ta bêm




No ta balança
Na sê vai-vem

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Cesaria Evora's "Ligereza" speak about a desire to escape from the troubles and madness of the world and find a sense of joy and lightness. The song starts with the idea that perhaps one day, they will invent a new form of celebration or festivity that will help them forget their worries and pains. The following lines suggest that perhaps they can even turn the world into a fantasy, where life is not mundane, but filled with wonder.


The chorus of the song talks about the two ways of living - one where life is taken seriously, and the other where life is lived with lightness. The seriousness of life is described as banal, while the lightness of being is presented as a way of life without offending or hurting anyone. The next verse implies that living with the weight of the world on one's shoulders can be too much to bear, and revisiting their relationship with love is like a breath of fresh air. The final lines indicate that love comes and goes, but they keep balancing themselves.


Line by Line Meaning

Quem sabe um dia
Perhaps someday


Se no ta podê
If we are unable to


Inventa um nova folia
Create a new joy


Pa tira-no dess loucura
To relieve us of this madness


Sem gosto e sem sabura
Without taste or flavor


Talvês um dia
Maybe someday


No ta fazê
We'll do it


Dess mundo
In this world


Um fantasia
A fantasy


Na seriedade no ta leva
Seriousness doesn't take us far


Mod vida ca é banal
Life is not trivial


Na ligereza no ta vivê
In lightness we live


Sem magoa sem ofendê ninguêm
Without hurting anyone


Ja tem tonte mazela
There are already too many wounds


Pa no suporta
That we can't bear


Nos vivê
We live


Nos revisa
We review ourselves


Um brisa no procura
A breeze we search for


No issa vela
We raise the sails


De nos amor
Of our love


Amor ta ba
Love is low


Amor ta bêm
Love is good


No ta balança
We sway


Na sê vai-vem
In its coming and going




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Leon Wreyford

Wonderful voice full of cheer

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