Nóis Dois ~ lyrics

• XOTIMO
• SAMBA DA PONTE
• BANANEIRA
• GUIZIM

• QUASE MALUCO
• BORZEGUIM
• MYSTERO TRALLALLERO
• ORACAO

Urban flower
I was brought up in Sao Paulo
Moody, bad tempered
My mother comes from Pernambuco
My father from Minas Gerais
I have in me the Indian and the Portuguese

I dreamt of travelling other lands
Of saying I love you
Nowadays I ask myself
Who decides our destiny?
At thirteen I couldn't help it
I fell for the samba
Samba, bossa nova, frevo, xote, I want to sing
So I sing, stubbornly I sing
Maybe one day I'll learn the secret

He wrote a samba to his sweetheart
A passionate samba
Madly in love
He hoped to contemplate the most beautiful sight:
Her dark lips smiling a yes
And there was a samba
But the yes was denied
And the samba cried

Standing on the bridge he tore off his "fitinha do bonfim" (*)
The hope was lost in the river of pain that never ends
Standing on the bridge he threw the "fitinha do bonfim" in the water
He killed his hope in the river
And this pain has no end
Standing on the bridge he watched as the "fitinha do bonfim" fell into the water
It fell in the river like a tear
And this pain has no end

("fitinha do bonfim" is a piece of string that is tied around one's wrists as a lucky charm)

Bananeira nao sei
Bananeira sei la
A bananeira sei nao
A maneira de ver
Bananeira nao sei
Bananeira sei la
A bananeira sei nao
Isso e la com voce

Sera
No fundo do quintal
Quintal do seu olhar
Olhar do coracao

Bananeira I don't know
Bananeira who knows
Banana tree, dear me, do you know what I mean?
Bananeira I don't know
Bananeira who knows
Banana tree, search me, if you know you tell me

Oh, well,
I haven't got a clue
What is it all about
Let's have a cup o tea
What's it to me?

(*) Thanks to Roland Perrin for his help in the English version

Every morning at the nursery
He would cry by the gate
Gui, don't cry, she will be back
Come, brother, don't be sad
Come, there's a swing and a garden here
Soon your fears will be gone

At dawn he would gently wake me up
Mo, come and play
Enough of sleeping
Stay with me, it's so lonely here
Come and I will tell you where mum keeps the sweets

Ah, Gui, I have so may memories
Tell me, why do I cry when I think about us?
So long ago, and I still see you
Thousands of golden curls
And your squinting eyes almost closed

I know you are, I know she is, and the ones I like are
Sons of the river
And even the ones I don't like, and the ones I reject, and the ones I don't understand
Swam in the river
The river will wash, the democratic river, the river never ends
Wash it in the river
Wash your anger, wash your pain, wash all the mistakes
In the great river
Wash and purify, wash and bless, wash, please, wash
The river took away what hurt
The river took away what oppressed
Like a good cry

Come and bathe
The river flows inside us
Inside our grandparents
Inside our parents
Come and bathe in the ancestral waters
Listen to the river
Listen to this voice
We are the river
Warriors
Brave survivors of the Great Explosion

Rua, estrada nua
Boia no ceu imensa e amarela
Tao redonda a lua
Como flutua
Vem navegando o azul do firmamento
E no silencio lento
Um trovador
Cheio de estrelas
Escuta agora a cancao que eu fiz
Pra te esquecer Luiza
Eu sou apenas um pobre amador
Apaixonado
Um aprendiz do teu amor
Acorda amor
Que eu sei que embaixo dessa neve mora um coracao
Vem ca Luiza
Me da tua mao
Que o teu desejo
E sempre o meu desejo
Vem me exorcisa
Me da tua boca
E a rosa louca
Vem me dar um beijo
E um raio de sol nos teus cabelos
Como um brilhante que partindo a luz explode em sete cores
Revelando entao os sete mil amores
Que eu guardei somente pra te dar Luiza

Road, naked path
Floats in the sky,
Big and yellow, so round, the Moon
How it fluctuates
It sails the blue skyline
And in the slow silence
A troubadour, full of stars
Hear now the song I wrote to forget you, Luiza
I am just a poor amateur
An apprentice of your love
Wake up, my love
I know under the snow lives a heart
Come Luiza
Give me your hand
Your desire is my desire
Come and exorcise me
Give me your mouth
And the crazy flower
Come and give me a kiss
And a ray of light
In your hair
Like a diamond that splits the light
And explodes in seven colours
Revealing then the seven thousand loves
That I kept with me
Only to give you, Luiza

Eu to quase maluco
Pra ver meu Pernambuco
Tambem ver os engenhos e a beleza que tem la
Rever o meu mucambo
Trepar no pe de jambo
Deitar nas folhas secas do meu velho jatoba
Chupar cana caiana
Vendo o pernambucano
Dancar o lindo frevo
Dancar maracatu
Comer mangaba manga
Comer pinha pitanga
Tomando a chica boa
E o tira-gosto do caju
Uma vontade eu tenho
Voltar naquele engenho
E a linda moreninha que um dia la deixei
Ai, ai, que sede louca
To com agua na boca
Ao relembrar o suco da garapa que tomei
Ai que saudade infinda
Pra ver Recife linda
Aquelas belas pontes numa noite de luar
To quase maluco pra ver meu Pernambuco
Ver o Capibaribe
E abracar o verde mar

I'm almost going crazy
So much I long to see my Pernambuco
Its farms, its beauty
I long to see my home
To climb the "jambo" tree
To lie on the leaves of the old "jatoba" tree
To suck sugar cane
Watching the people dancing frevo and maracatu
To eat "mangaba", mangos
To eat "pinha", "pitanga"
Drinking a good cachaca and eating "caju" snacks
Oh, how I long
To return to that farm
And to the sweetheart I left behind
What a long thirst
It makes my mouth water
When I remember the juice of the sugar cane I once drank
This longing never ends
To see beautiful Recife
Its beautiful bridges under the moonlight
I'm almost going crazy
So much I long to see my Pernambuco
To see the river Capibaribe
And to embrace the green sea

Borzeguim deixa as fraldas ao vento e vem dancar
Hoje e sexta-feira de manha
Hoje e sexta-feira
Deixa o mato crescer em paz
Deixa o mato crescer
Deixa o mato
Nao quero fogo, quero agua
Nao quero fogo, quero agua
Hoje e sexta-feira da paixao
Sexta-feira santa
Todo dia e dia de perdao
Todo dia e dia santo
Todo santo dia
Ah e vem Joao e vem Maria
Todo dia e dia de folia
Ah e vem Joao e vem Maria
Todo dia e dia
O chao no chao, o pe na pedra, o pe no ceu
Deixa o tatu bola no lugar
Deixa a capivara atravessar
Deixa a anta cruzar o ribeirao
Deixa o indio vivo no sertao
Deixa o indio vivo nu
Deixa o indio vivo
Deixa o indio
Deixa
Escuta o mato crescer em paz
Escuta o mato crescendo
Escuta o mato
Escuta
Escuta o vento cantando no arvoredo
Passarim passarao no passaredo
Deixa a india cruzar seu curumim
Vai embora daqui coisa ruim
Some logo, vai embora, em nome de Deus
Borzeguim, deixa as fraldas ao vento e vem dancar
E vem dancar
O jacu ja ta velho na fruteira
O lagarto teiu ta na soleira
Uirassu foi rever a cordilheira
Gaviao grande e bicho sem fronteira
Cutucurim, gaviaozao, gaviao-ao
Caapora do mato e guardiao
Ele e dono da mata e do sertao
Caapora do mato e capitao
E vigia da mata e do sertao
Deixa a onca viva na floresta
Deixa o peixe n'agua que e uma festa
Deixa o indio vivo
Deixa o indio, deixa, deixa
Dizem que o sertao vai virar mar
Dizem que o mar vai virar sertao
Deixa o indio
Dizem que o mar vai virar sertao
Diz que o sertao vai virar mar
Deixa o indio, deixa, deixa

Borzeguim, come and dance
Today is Friday morning
Today is Friday
Let the grass grow peacefully
Let the grass grow
Leave the grass
I don't want fire, I want water
Today is Good Friday
Holly Friday
Every day is a day for forgiveness
Every day is a holly day
Come Joao, come Maria
Every day is party day
Come Joao, come Maria
Every day is day
The earth on the earth, the foot on the stone, the foot on the sky
Leave the "tatu-bola" alone
Let the "capivara" get across
Let the "anta" cross the little river
Leave the indian alive in the woods
Leave the indian naked
Leave the indian alive
Leave the indian
Leave him
Listen to the grass growing peacefully
Listen to the grass growing
Listen to the grass, listen
Listen to the wind singing on the trees
Little birds, big birds
Let the indian mother bring up her baby
Go away, evil thing
Go quick
Go away
In the name of God
Borzeguim, come and dance
The "jacu" is old in the fruit bowl
The "lagarto teiu" is by the doorstep
"Uirassu" went to visit the river
The big "gaviao" knows no frontiers
"Cutucurim, gaviaozao, gaviao-ao"
The "caapora" in the jungle is the guardian
He is the guardian of the woods
The "caapora" in the jungle is the boss
He is the owner of the jungle
Leave the cheetah alive in the forest
Leave the fish in the water
Leave the indian alive
Leave the indian, leave him, leave him
They say the jungle will become the sea
They say the sea will become the jungle
Leave the indian
They say the sea will become the jungle
They say the jungle will become the sea
Leave the Indian, leave him, leave him

Cosa c'e`
Cos'e` che ch'o che non va
Che faccia faccio
Che fa gia` sera
Che poi cantando
L'aria tramonta fresca
Il sapore e` lucido

Chi e` che sa
Dove sara` stasera
Quella spontaneita`
Che intanto gia` viene qua ballando
Come d'incanto
Spinta fuori dalla radio

Che cos'e` questo qua, un tramonto?
Ombre riempion la citta`
Si fanno strada scivolando intorno a me
Che importa se lassu` il cielo e` sereno
Grigio o nero, c'e` o non c'e`?

Fermati qui un secondo
Potrai guardarti intorno e sentirti vivo
Anche se non lo sa tutto il mondo
Alza lo sguardo in alto
La vedi quella palla colorata che ti corre incontro
La tocchi con un salto
E allora PRENDILA cosi` com'e`
E poi LANCIALA davanti a te

Cosa c'e`......

Io non so, sara` che confondo
Fantasia e realta`
Ed ogni volta che una nuvola disegna un'ombra
Tutto quel che prima c'era
Ed era vero, ora non c'e`

Giochi con le parole
Ma non ti accorgi che se vedi un'ombra
E` perche` da qualche parte intanto brilla il sole?
Guarda laggiu`, la` in fondo
C'e` ancora quella palla che rimbalza
E dentro, dentro ci sta tutto il mondo
E allora PRENDILA cosi` com'e`
E poi LANCIALA davanti a te

Cosa c'e`.......

What's up?
What's wrong with me?
How do I look ?
But it gets dark
And then while singing
The air sets fresh
It has a shining taste

Who knows
Where to find tonight
That spontaneity
Which is already getting here dancing
As if by magic
Pushed out of the radio

What is this, a sunset?
Shadows fill up the city
They push their way sliding around me
Who cares if the sky up there is clear
Grey or black, if it exists at all?

Stop here one moment
You can chill out and feel alive
Even if the whole world doesn't know about
Raise your eyes over there
Can you see that colorful ball running towards you?
You'll touch it if you jump
So CATCH IT as it is
And then THROW IT in front of you

What's up.......

I don't know, maybe I confuse
Fantasy with reality
And every time a cloud draws a shadow
Everything that was there before
And looked true, now it doesn't

You are playing with words
But don't you realize that if you see a shadow
That's because somewhere the sun is shining?
Look over there, down there
There is still that ball bouncing around
And you can find the whole world inside it
So CATCH IT as it is
And then THROW IT in front of you

What's up......