Cape-verdean born in La Havana, Cuba, in 1985, the precocious talents of Ma… Read Full Bio ↴Cape-verdean born in La Havana, Cuba, in 1985, the precocious talents of Mayra Andrade first reached a world stage in 2001. That’s when the singer won her country’s first gold medal at the Jeux de la Francophonie in Canada. Her crystalline and agile voice has since graced stages on the four continents. In 2006, Andrade released her first CD “Navega”, on the Sony/BMG label.

In June 2001, a young Capeverdean singer, hardly 16 years old, completely unknown until then, won a gold medal at the Plays of Francophonie singing contest in Ottawa Hull in Canada among 35 competitors from around world. Mayra Curado Andrade obtained the first Gold medal for her country during an international singing competition.

This event was huge for Cape Verde , since music is one of the principal exported wealth for this small archipelago of ten islands lost in the Atlantic Ocean 500 kilometers of the coasts of Senegal . The young Mayra, who is today the figurehead of the rising generation of singers of her country, was born in Cuba from Capeverdean parents. Mayra lived in Senegal, in Angola, then in Germany.

At 13 years old, she was already noticed for her voice and her personality. She was selected to sing in Belgium during a conference dedicated to Dalaï LAMA' students. After her victory at the Francophonie in Canada, Mayra did not stop performing. She toured Cape Verde, in particular at Praia and Mindelo.

Then, in the mythical room the "Coliseu Dos Recreios" in Lisbon , she sang alongside Bau, former instrumentalist of Césaria Evora. It is in July 2002 that Mayra is invited for the very first time in France, to the Festival of Jazz of "Rendezvous de l'Erdre". On stage, at the sides of two great ladies of the international jazz, the New-Yorker Sheila Jordan and Armenian Datévik Hovanessian, Mayra obtained an enormous success.

She enchanted the Congress of the City of Nantes during the opening of the 24th International Festival of film of the three continents while singing "a Cappella". Then, it was at the "Festival de la Harpe" that Mayra was the headline for the first time. The invitations began to follow: at the Africajarc Festival, she performed beside Joe Zawinul, Ismael Lo, and Angélique Kidjo. She opened for Césaria Evora at New Morning in Paris, for Enrico Macias in the "Festopale" at Etaples and for the Cuban Ernesto Titos Puentes at the time of the "Festival of Jazz" of Valves.

Mayra imposes consequently her own style. She is astonishingly at ease with Morna, Funana, Coladera, and Batuque while adding a bit of jazz. Her personality and her talent bring a true new breath to the music of the islands of Cape Verde, heir of a mixture of rhythms of Africa, the Old man-Continent.

Segredu
Mayra Andrade Lyrics

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É num konversa ku serea
Ki n diskubri es melôdia
E kontam segredus di mar
E falam di kusas di amor
E fla pa n ka sunha ku tantu papel
É num konversa ku serea
Ki n diskubri es melôdia
E kontam segredus di mar

E falam di kusas di amor
E fla pa n ka sunha ku tantu papel

Prr la pim pum
Tem gota que não cai do céu, mas vem do mar
Prr la pim pum
E há coisas que eu não vou dizer de onde vem

É un fladu fla
Fulanu fla ma fladu
Kusa sta komplikadu
Ma nada ka sabedu
É un fladu fla
Fulanu fla ma fladu
Kusa sta komplikadu
Ma nada ka sabedu

Bu pegada na rea dexa
Más marka ki déntu-l nha petu
Bu amizádi era mal-fetu
N ata bai so pa sombra kaladu na pas
Bai, bai, bai
Bu pegada na rea dexa
Más marka ki déntu-l nha petu
Bu amizádi era mal-fetu
N ata bai so pa sombra kaladu na pas
Bai, bai, bai

Prr la pim pum
Tem gota que não cai do céu, mas vem do mar
Prr la pim pum
E há coisas que eu não vou dizer de onde vem

É un fladu fla
Fulanu fla ma fladu
Kusa sta komplikadu
Ma nada ka sabedu
É un fladu fla
Fulanu fla ma fladu

Kusa sta komplikadu
Ma nada ka sabedu

Overall Meaning

The song "Segredu" by Mayra Andrade is a conversation with the sea, where the singer discovers a melody and learns the secrets of the ocean. The lyrics speak of love and relationships, emphasizing the importance of communication and honesty. The repeated phrase "Prr la pim pum" suggests that there are some things that are not easily explained or understood, and that some secrets are better left unsaid. The verses highlight the complexity of human interactions and the ambiguity of certain situations, emphasizing that sometimes we don't know everything and that it's okay to admit it.

Line by Line Meaning

É num konversa ku serea
In a conversation with the sea

Ki n diskubri es melôdia
I discover this melody

E kontam segredus di mar
It tells secrets of the sea

E falam di kusas di amor
And speaks of things of love

E fla pa n ka sunha ku tantu papel
It says to not trust so much in words

Prr la pim pum
There, a little like this

Tem gota que não cai do céu, mas vem do mar
There are drops that don't fall from the sky, but come from the sea

Prr la pim pum
There, a little like this

E há coisas que eu não vou dizer de onde vem
And there are things that I won't say where they come from

É un fladu fla
It's a whispered saying

Fulanu fla ma fladu
Someone says that whispered saying