Dos Cruces
Milton Nascimento Lyrics


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Sevilha teve que ser
Com a sua lua prateada
Testemunha de nosso amor
Debaixo da noite quieta
Nós nos quisemos você e eu
Com um amor sem pecado
Mas o destino quis
Que nós vivamos separados

São pregadas duas cruzes
No monte do esquecimento
Para dois amores que morreram
Sem term sido compreendidos
São pregadas duas cruzes
No monte do esquecimento
Para dois amores que morreram
E eles são seu e meu

Oh, bairro de Santa Cruz
Oh, praça de Sra. Elvira
Eu o devolvo se lembrar
E me parece mentira
Tudo o que já aconteceu
Tudo estava no esquecimento
Nossas promessas de amores
No ar eles se perderam

São pregadas duas cruzes
No monte do esquecimento
Para dois amores que morreram
Sem terem sido compreendidos
São pregadas duas cruzes
No monte do esquecimento
Para dois amores que morreram




Que eles são seu e meu
Que eles são seu e meu

Overall Meaning

The song "Dos Cruces" by Milton Nascimento is a poignant narration of a love that had to endure separation and the pain that comes with it. The first stanza takes us back to Seville where two people who loved each other deeply saw the beauty of night beaming down on them. The moon that witnessed their love story served as a symbol of purity due to their sinless love. However, fate intervened, and they were forced to live apart from each other. The second stanza talks about two crosses attached to the mountain of oblivion, commemorating their love, which died without being understood. The singer wishes to convey a message that even though their love went uncomprehended, it belonged to both of them, and both were suffering in their own way.


The third stanza laments the painful irony of things, that places and remembrances they once shared are now but vague memory, left to oblivion. Their promise of love and their undying passion are floating in the air, as if they never existed. The recurring stanza reinforces the theme of lost love and remembrance by emphasizing the pain of separation and the reality that even though they went unnoticed, their love was real.


Line by Line Meaning

Sevilha teve que ser
Seville had to be


Com a sua lua prateada
With its silver moon


Testemunha de nosso amor
Witness to our love


Debaixo da noite quieta
Under the quiet night


Nós nos quisemos você e eu
We loved each other, you and I


Com um amor sem pecado
With a sinless love


Mas o destino quis
But fate willed


Que nós vivamos separados
That we live apart


São pregadas duas cruzes
Two crosses are nailed


No monte do esquecimento
On the hill of forgetfulness


Para dois amores que morreram
For two loves that died


Sem term sido compreendidos
Without having been understood


Eles são seu e meu
They are yours and mine


Oh, bairro de Santa Cruz
Oh, neighborhood of Santa Cruz


Oh, praça de Sra. Elvira
Oh, square of Mrs. Elvira


Eu o devolvo se lembrar
I'll return it if you remember


E me parece mentira
And it seems like a lie


Tudo o que já aconteceu
Everything that has happened


Tudo estava no esquecimento
Everything was forgotten


Nossas promessas de amores
Our promises of love


No ar eles se perderam
In the air, they were lost


São pregadas duas cruzes
Two crosses are nailed


No monte do esquecimento
On the hill of forgetfulness


Para dois amores que morreram
For two loves that died


Sem terem sido compreendidos
Without having been understood


Que eles são seu e meu
That they are yours and mine




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