Um Pincelada
Cesária Évora Lyrics


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Quel flor qu'tita murcha
Quel crianca qu'tita tchora
Quel nuvem qu'tita passa
'E sodade...
'E tristeza...

'E lembranca di nha infancia
'E fantasia daquel mesa
Recheode de cosa sabe
Pa consola nha fraqueza (Bis)

Esa flor que se marchita
Ese niño que esta llorando
Esa nube que va pasando
Es nostalgia, es tristeza

Es el recuerdo de mi infancia
La fantasía de aquella mesa
Llena de cosas buena
Pa consolar mi pobresa

'E lembranca di nha infancia
'E fantasia daquel mesa
Recheode de cosa sabe
Pa consola nha fraqueza

Mundo ta muda
Ma nha estoria ta f'ca (Bis)

El mundo cambia
Más mi historia se quedará (ma nha estoria ta f'ca)

El mundo, el mundo
Mi historia se quedará

'E lembranca di nha infancia
'E fantasia daquel mesa
Recheode de cosa sabe
Pa consola nha fraqueza

El mundo cambia
Más mi historia se quedará

Mundo ta muda
Ma nha estoria ta f'ca





El mundo cambia (Mundo ta muda)
Más mi historia se quedará (ma nha estoria ta f'ca) (x3

Overall Meaning

The song "Um Pincelada" by Cesária Évora is a melancholic and reflective piece on the passing of time and the nostalgia that comes with it. The lyrics speak of the wilted flowers, crying children, and passing clouds as representations of the singer's own feelings of sadness and longing. The references to the singer's childhood reminiscences and fantasies around a table filled with good things serve to console her own weakness.


The final stanza of the song suggests that while the world changes, the singer's story will remain the same, preserving her memories and emotions in the face of the passage of time. The repetition of the last line, "Mundo ta muda, ma nha estoria ta f'ca," emphasizes the singer's feeling that the world may change, but her experience and her story will always endure.


Overall, "Um Pincelada" is a moving and poetic reflection on the human experience of loss, nostalgia, and the power of memory to sustain us.


Line by Line Meaning

Quel flor qu'tita murcha
That flower wilting


Quel crianca qu'tita tchora
That child crying


Quel nuvem qu'tita passa
That cloud passing by


'E sodade...
It's nostalgia...


'E tristeza...
It's sadness...


'E lembranca di nha infancia
It's the memory of my childhood


'E fantasia daquel mesa
It's the fantasy about that table


Recheode de cosa sabe
Full of good things


Pa consola nha fraqueza
To console my weakness


Esa flor que se marchita
That flower withering


Ese niño que esta llorando
That child crying


Esa nube que va pasando
That cloud passing by


Es nostalgia, es tristeza
It's nostalgia, it's sadness


Es el recuerdo de mi infancia
It's the memory of my childhood


La fantasía de aquella mesa
The fantasy about that table


Llena de cosas buena
Full of good things


Pa consolar mi pobresa
To console my poverty


Mundo ta muda
The world changes


Ma nha estoria ta f'ca
But my story remains


El mundo cambia
The world changes


Más mi historia se quedará
But my story will remain


El mundo, el mundo
The world, the world


Mi historia se quedará
My story will remain


Mundo ta muda
The world changes


Ma nha estoria ta f'ca
But my story remains


El mundo cambia (Mundo ta muda)
The world changes


Más mi historia se quedará (ma nha estoria ta f'ca) (x3)
But my story will remain




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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@Fireflyer94

This flower that is dying,
This child that is crying,
This cloud that is passing,
It's nostalgia, it's sadness,
It's the remembrance of my childhood,
It's the lie of this table,
Full of good things,
To consolate my hunger (x2)

The world is changing,
My story will remain,
The world is changing,
My story will remain !

(Roughly, some of it isn't quite translatable)



All comments from YouTube:

@luizricardomachado3808

Um lindo arranjo de bolero com samba, mais samba que bolero!

@mvmmartins8774

Cesárea, amor infinito.

@camilled5781

Eu amo essa música.

@diva1929

En París estoy, bailando en el balcón de mi de mi hotel. En el horizonte la luna alumina la noche. Mi copa de champagne 🍾 en mi mano, gozando de esta vida. Salud 🥂

@joceli1964

MUSICA LINDA .. CESARIA EVORA MUITO ESPECIAL..

@eduardosanchez7817

Exquisita paz!!
Me gusta.

@lasseoable

Love it! Me encanta!

@horiavintila6371

A queen of fado !
An everlasting thought and remembrance!
Rip!

@blimunda21

She didn't sung fado, my friend ... she sung folk music of Cabo Verde, her home town :))

@horiavintila6371

Anabela Rijo Thanks so much ! She is however one of the greatest artists !

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