Also performed by:
Djack Monteiro Mario Lucio
Album:
Mar Azul (1991)
Original lyrics
Cape Verdean
Translation
English
Mar Azul
O, mar
Deta kitin bo dixa-m bai
Bo dixa-m bai spiá nha térra
Bo dixa-m bai salva nha mai
O, mar, o, mar
Deta kitin bo dixa-m bai
Bo dixa-m bai spiá nha térra
Bo dixa-m bai salva nha mai
O, mar
Mar azul, subi mansinhu
Lua xeia lumia-m kamin
Pa N ba nha térra di-meu
Sonvisente pikininu
Pa N ba brasa nha kretxeu
Mar azul, subi mansinhu
Lua xeia lumia-m kamin
Pa N ba nha térra di-meu
Sonvisente pikininu
Pa N ba brasa nha kretxeu
O, mar
Anu pasá, ténpu korrê
Sol reia, lua saí
Ami ozente na térra lonje
O, mar, o, mar
Anu pasá, ténpu korrê
Sol reia, lua saí
Ami ozente na térra lonje
O, mar
Mar azul, subi mansinhu
Lua xeia lumia-m kamin
Pa N ba nha térra di-meu
Sonvisente pikininu
Pa N ba brasa nha kretxeu
Mar azul, subi mansinhu
Lua xeia lumia-m kamin
Pa N ba nha térra di-meu
Sonvisente pikininu
Pa N ba brasa nha kretxeu
Blue Sea
Oh sea
Please calm your waves and let me go
Please let me go see my land once more
Please let me save my Mother
Oh sea
Please calm your waves and let me go
Please let me go see my land once more
Please let me save my Mother
Oh sea
Blue sea, slowly rise your tide
Full moon, give me light on my way
so I can go to my land
Go to my little São Vicente1
and hug my love...
Blue sea, slowly rise your tide
Full moon, give me light on my way
so I can go to my land
Go to my little São Vicente
and hug my love...
Oh sea
The years pass by and time flies
The sun comes up and the moon leaves the sky
And I'm still away from my land...
Oh Sea
The years pass by and time flies
The sun comes up and the moon leaves the sky
And I'm still away from my land...
Oh Sea
Blue sea, slowly rise your tide
Full moon, give me light on my way
so I can go to my land
Go to my little São Vicente
and hug my love...
Blue sea, slowly rise your tide
Full moon, give me light on my way
so I can go to my land
Go to my little São Vicente
and hug my love...
- 1. São Vicente is the island where the singer was born. It's one of the ten major islands that comprises the Cape Verde archipelago.
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Thank you so much. It's a beautiful song, and I loved it for years while only being able to guess the meaning. Now I can sing it as well understand it.