Saudade
Cesária Évora Lyrics


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Sodade

Quem mostra' bo
Ess caminho longe?
Quem mostra' bo
Ess caminho longe?
Ess caminho
Pa São Tomé

Sodade sodade
Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau

Si bô 'screvê' me
'M ta 'screvê be
Si bô 'squecê me
'M ta 'squecê be
Até dia
Qui bô voltà

Sodade sodade




Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Cesária Évora's song "Saudade" are in Cape Verdean Creole, a language spoken in Cape Verde, a small island country off the coast of West Africa. The song is about longing for one's homeland and asking who will show the way back to São Nicolau, the island where the singer was born. The repeated refrain, "Sodade," is a word in Cape Verdean Creole that means a deep feeling of nostalgia and missing someone or something.


The singer asks if anyone can show her the way back to São Tomé, which is a nearby island, but also possibly symbolic of a place of comfort or safety. The lyrics express a deep yearning for home and for someone to write and remember the singer until they are reunited. The song is a beautiful and emotional expression of the pain of separation and longing for one's roots.


Line by Line Meaning

Quem mostra' bo
Who will show you


Ess caminho longe?
That long path?


Quem mostra' bo
Who will show you


Ess caminho longe?
That long path?


Ess caminho
The path


Pa São Tomé
To Sao Tome


Sodade sodade
Longing, longing


Sodade
Longing


Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
For my land Sao Nicolau


Si bô 'screvê' me
If you write to me


'M ta 'screvê be
I will write back to you


Si bô 'squecê me
If you forget about me


'M ta 'squecê be
I will forget about you


Até dia
Until the day


Qui bô voltà
You return


Sodade sodade
Longing, longing


Sodade
Longing


Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
For my land Sao Nicolau




Writer(s): AMANDIO DOS SANTOS CARDOSO CABRAL, LUIS RAMOS MORAIS

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@mbekunaev7883

Куда ведет
Ess caminho longe?
Эта длинная дорога?
Quem mostra' bo
Куда ведет
Ess caminho longe?
Эта длинная дорога?
Ess caminho
Эта дорога
Pa Sao Tome
В Сан-Томе


Sodade sodade
Грусть, грусть,
Sodade
Грусть
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
По родной земле Сан-Николау


Si bo 'screve' me
Если ты напишешь мне,
'M ta 'screve
Я тебе отвечу,
Si bo 'squece me
Если позабудешь,
'M ta 'squece
Позабуду и я,
Ate dia
Однажды
Qui bo volta
Ты, может, вернешься


Sodade sodade
Грусть, грусть,
Sodade
Грусть
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
По родной земле Сан-Николау



*Текст оригинала на кабовердийском креольском — диалекте португальского языка

Источник: https://www.amalgama-lab.com/songs/c/cesaria_evora/sodade.html
© Лингво-лаборатория «Амальгама»: www.amalgama-lab.com/.



All comments from YouTube:

@HannoverXavi

Viva Cesária Evora, Viva Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 Um abraço do Brasil! 🇧🇷

@MarcosPetrin

Só agora que conheci as músicas maravilhosas dessa mulher . Perfeitas

@alexrossimartin3538

@@MarcosPetrin

Nunca é tarde. NUNC/\.
Siga para sempre na emoção dessa voz imortal que é CES/\RI/\ ÉVOR/\.

@taniadelacombe4476

Ela fala de SÃO TOMÉ & PRINCIPE e não CABO VERDE , lindo lindo igualmente...

@taniadelacombe4476

Erro meu, ...sim ,ela fala sobre CABO VERDE, dos migrantes e escravos que partiam de CABO VERDE , longa travessia, para trabalhar em SÃO TOMÉ, ...muitos pra jamais voltar...😢😢

@jonathansitali1121

Simply magical! This song goes straight to my heart….even though I have no clue what she is saying….. 2024 and still listening

@malgorzatalituev6502

some people on this earth are just gifts from heaven to the rest of us ...she is one of them...

@MaximVani

dokladnie

@Omouja

Escutando essa obra de arte em 2022 alguém mais?

@michelmarie-helenehabasque7554

oui, moi!

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