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Cesária Évora (pronunciation in IPA: [sɨ'zaɾiɐ 'ɛvuɾɐ]) (born Mindelo, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde, 27 August 1941), is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the “barefoot diva” for her preference for performing without shoes,[1] Évora is perhaps the best internationally-known practitioner of morna.
Dicography
* La Diva Aux Pieds Nus (1988)
* Distino di Belita (1990)
* Mar Azul (1991)
* Miss Perfumado (1992)
* Cesária (1995)
* Cabo Verde (1997)
* Café Atlantico (1999)
* São Vicente di Longe (2001)
* Voz d'Amor (2003)
* Rogamar (2006)
Ligereza
Cesaria Evora Lyrics
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Se no ta podê
Inventa um nova folia
Pa tira-no dess loucura
Sem gosto e sem sabura
Talvês um dia
No ta fazê
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
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
Contributed by Levi K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.