BR

Trago de lá comigo
A força de um povo
Da cidade
Salvador

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola

Força que tem la na terra,
Chamada Bahia,
Esta força,
Sempre estar

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola

Subo la no Bonfim,
Para pedir a benção a nosso senhor,
Desço com muita paz,
Sentindo alegria e muito amor
Para dizer para esse povo,
Dançar, gingar e lutar

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola


EN


I bring it back with me
The strength of a people
From the city
Salvador

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going there to show capoeira de Angola

The strength of the land,
called Bahia,
This force,
Will always be there

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going there to show capoeira de Angola

I'll go up to Bonfim
To ask our Lord for his blessing,
I come down with a lot of peace,
Feeling joy and love
To tell these people
Dancing, swinging and fighting

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going to show capoeira de Angola

I am a soul for sale,
Walking inside a maze,
I am a hidden trail,
Lost in myself for days,
It’s not the life I choose,
This is the straw I drew,
It’s not the game I play,
This is the price I pay.

I'm sorry I'm sorry,
For what I've done,
I'm sorry I'm sorry,
For what I've done.

Plans I had all fall through,
The moment that I saw you,
Here we go round again,
Swept up in your whirlwind,
This is the final stand,
Beating me down again,
All my defences fail,
Everything fades away.

I'm sorry I'm sorry,
For what I've done,
I'm sorry I'm sorry,
For what I've done.

Can you hear me knocking?
Can you hear me knocking at your heart?
I can wait patiently at the door,
I could hear you dreaming,
I swear I could hear you dreaming,
And that dream could be real it could come true,
I can wait patiently,
For me and you.

Have you seen the garden,
That ever changing garden,
It blooms and then dies over again,
And that is the way that love, that love can be.

And we never know which way to run,
And we don't care if we can't see the sun,
And we don't know what tomorrow,
What tomorrow brings,
And we don't know much about anything,
But I know this dream could be real.

But everything takes practice,
Experience and wisdom,
A candle that lights up then fades away,
You could be gone tomorrow,
But here today,
Can you hear me knocking?
Can you hear me knocking at your heart?
I can wait patiently at your door.

Fever dreams,
Reminded me,
Of old science fiction,
Shows,
With action sequences,
That made even Jackie Chan,
Seem slow,
And when I woke up,
All alone should I remain or should I go,
But I don't know.

Your sweet tired eyes,
I want to take the weariness away,
I stand with you today,
But should I go or should I stay,
And if I paid off all my debt,
Would I still have something to owe,
But I don't know.

And I don't know,
And I don't know,
Why I love you,
I guess I'll never know.

I want to see you far away,
And I need to have you near,
I want complete security,
And I need a little fear,
And if you tell me to leave,
I might suddenly appear,
I'll never go.

And then early in the morning,
When you're just about wake,
I think of what I never said,
Promises I'll never make,
And then I thank my lucky stars,
As you curse your deadly mistake,
We'll never know.

And I don't know,
And I don't know,
Why I need you,
What the river flows,
And I don't know,
And I don't know,
Why I love you,
I guess I'll never know.

You were over there,
And I needed to be,
As close to something,
That looks like you and me,
That looks like you and me,
Those yellow falling leaves.

That I recall,
They're going south for the winter,
Leaving it all,
With you my life’s just better,
Ohhhh.

You would sit across,
That dusty hall,
And I asked myself some questions,
Can I fly or will I fall,
Can I fly or will I fall,
Can I be with you at all?

And I recall,
Your breath in the cold dark winter,
Leaving it all,
With you my life’s gets better,
Ohhhh.

FR:
Quand mes pensées vont parfois,
Vers des lieux distants

Là ou j’étais autrefois

Je vois palpitant


paraître un pays au-delà du grand océan
paraître des bribes de joie,
de tendresse
je ne pourrai oublier les couleurs,
le vent
les gens, la sérénité,

le
bonheur présent
là-basje pouvais ralentir le tempo le temps
je chantais à en ravir la paresse

comme autrefois,
comme autrefois
en douceur

rechercher la cadence
comme autrefois,
comme autrefois
lentement pour trouver résonance


si mon passé quelques fois m’est si apaisant
c’est qu’il recèle l’émoi d’un ailleurs distant

là-bas je savais que l’on peut sourire autrement

je chantais fou de joie, de tristesse


comme autrefois, comme autrefois
en douceur rechercher la cadence
comme autrefois,
comme autrefois
lentement pour trouver résonance
ENG:
When my thoughts go sometimes
To distant places
Where I once was
I see a land
a land beyond the great ocean
brief glimpses of joy, of tenderness
I can't forget the colors, the wind
the people, the serenity, the happiness of the moment
over there I could slow down the tempo of time
I would sing to the joy of idleness

as in days gone by, as in days gone by
gently in search of the cadence
as in days gone by, as in days gone by
slowly to find resonance


if my past is sometimes so soothing to me
it's because it conceals the stirrings of a distant elsewhere
there I knew that one could in a different way
i would sing crazy with joy, with sadness

as in days gone by, as in days gone by
gently in search of the cadence
as in days gone by, as in days gone by
slowly to find resonance