Born on the 27th August 1941 in the port town of Mindelo, Cape Verde, on the island of São Vicente. Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre (related to the Portuguese fado) sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixed her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin, accordion, and clarinet. Évora's Cape Verdean blues often spoke of the country's history of isolation and slave trade, as well as emigration; almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad.
Évora's voice, a finely-tuned, melancholy instrument with a touch of hoarseness, highlighted her emotional phrasing by accenting a word or phrase. Even audiences who do not understand her language could be held spell-bound by the emotions evident in her performances.
In 2004 she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
A heavy smoker for decades, Évora was diagnosed with heart problems in 2005. She suffered strokes in 2008 and in September 2011, when she announced she was retiring. She died at the age of seventy in São Vicente, Cape Verde on the 17th December 2011 from respiratory failure and hypertension. A Spanish newspaper reported that forty-eight hours before her death she was still receiving people in her home in Mindelo, popular for always having its doors open.
Sabine Larga'm
Cesária Évora Lyrics
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Ess cosa ê um afronta
Ola Cacoi ta bê
Se não el ta matam!
Sodade k'm'tem di bô
Ma Cacoi ka crê
Ja m'flob pa bô largam
Oi Sabine di meu
Di meu mi so
Bo é nha cretcheu
Na mund é so bô so
Sabine bo ê di meu
Mas ê so gatchod
Se Cacoi panha nos dois
E mar k'ta cerca nos
The lyrics to Cesária Évora's song "Sabine Larga'm" are sung in Cape Verdean Creole and tell a story of a love triangle between three people: Sabine, Cacoi, and the singer. The lyrics are a plea from the singer to Sabine to let him go because he is afraid that Cacoi will kill him if he continues the affair. The singer expresses his love and longing for Sabine but acknowledges that their relationship is causing trouble and danger.
The first two lines of the song, "Oi Sabine largam / Ess cosa ê um afronta," literally mean "Oh Sabine, let me go / This thing is an offense." The singer is saying that their illicit relationship is causing a scandal and he needs to get out before it causes more trouble. The following lines, "Ola Cacoi ta bê / Se não el ta matam," mean "Cacoi is watching us / If he catches us he will kill me." The singer is afraid of the jealousy and anger of Sabine's other lover.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Sodade k'm'tem di bô, Ma Cacoi ka crê," which means "I'm homesick for you, but Cacoi doesn't want it." The singer is expressing his feelings of longing for Sabine even though he knows the situation is dangerous.
Overall, the song is a heartbreaking tale of forbidden love and the dangers that come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Oi Sabine largam
Hey Sabine, let go. This thing is an offense.
Ess cosa ê um afronta
This thing is a disgrace.
Ola Cacoi ta bê
Look, Cacoi is coming.
Se não el ta matam!
If not, he will kill us!
Sodade k'm'tem di bô
I miss you so much.
Ma Cacoi ka crê
But Cacoi doesn't want me.
Ja m'flob pa bô largam
I begged you to let go.
Se não el ta matam
If not, he will kill us.
Oi Sabine di meu
Oh Sabine, my love.
Di meu mi so
You are mine only.
Bo é nha cretcheu
You are my darling.
Na mund é so bô so
In this world, it's only you for me.
Sabine bo ê di meu
Sabine, you belong to me.
Mas ê so gatchod
But it's all a trick.
Se Cacoi panha nos dois
If Cacoi catches us together.
E mar k'ta cerca nos
And if he catches us.
Contributed by Grace O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Te iubim Cesaria, te ascultam intotdeauna in Romania si aiurea!
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Класс!!!! Это супер!
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Ótimo!
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фантастична спiвачка...й пiснi наче душу лiкують
@alexandresouza5311
bom muito bom.
@esmelbeugre1974
c'est un très bon son pour les grandes mères
@Britta_no_filter
Et pour les jeunes 😋
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Esa dulce voz enamora a todas las personas, sin importar edad...
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Про наше село Ларга Бриченский район 🇲🇩