Sombras Di Distino
Cesária Évora Lyrics


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Parti pa terra longe
Foi sempre nha ilusão
E ali ja'me está
Di sorriso falso
Margurado e triste
Ta vagá di mar em mar
Ta corrê di vento em vento
Em busca di um futuro
Entre sombras di distino

Nha vida é zig-zagueante
Sina di um fidjo caboverdeano
Num paz inconstante
Cma distino di um cigano
Um'tá vivê tormentado
Num mundo cheio di maldade




Nha sorte é dori magoado
Na um silêncio di sodade

Overall Meaning

In Cesária Évora's song "Sombras Di Distino," the singer sings about her aspirations to leave her homeland and make a life somewhere else. She talks about how she has always dreamed of leaving and finding a better future for herself. However, she finds herself somewhere new, feeling lost and unhappy. She describes how she feels like she's wandering aimlessly from place to place, without direction or purpose.


The lyrics suggest that the singer is struggling to find her place in the world, and that she feels isolated and alone. She talks about how her life is full of twists and turns, like the zig-zagging path of a Cape Verdean child, and how she feels like she's living in a world full of cruelty and sadness. Ultimately, the song is about the hardships of trying to find one's place in the world and the struggle to find happiness in difficult circumstances.


Line by Line Meaning

Parti pa terra longe
I left for a faraway land


Foi sempre nha ilusão
It was always my dream


E ali ja'me está
And here I am


Di sorriso falso
With a fake smile


Margurado e triste
Sad and sorrowful


Ta vagá di mar em mar
I wander from sea to sea


Ta corrê di vento em vento
I run from wind to wind


Em busca di um futuro
In search of a future


Entre sombras di distino
Amidst shadows of destiny


Nha vida é zig-zagueante
My life is full of twists and turns


Sina di um fidjo caboverdeano
As the fate of a Cape Verdean child


Num paz inconstante
In an unstable peace


Cma distino di um cigano
Like the destiny of a gypsy


Um'tá vivê tormentado
I live in torment


Num mundo cheio di maldade
In a world full of evil


Nha sorte é dori magoado
My fate is to suffer in pain


Na um silêncio di sodade
In a silence of longing




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