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Flor de lis (ft. Bau)

from Cape Verdean Blues by Kavita Shah

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lyrics

PORTUGUESE

Valei-me, Deus
É o fim do nosso amor
Perdoa, por favor
Eu sei que o erro aconteceu

Mas não sei o que fez
Tudo mudar de vez
Onde foi que eu errei?
Eu só sei que amei
Que amei, que amei, que amei

Será, talvez
Que minha ilusão
Foi dar meu coração
Com toda força
Pra essa moça me fazer feliz

E o destino não quis
Me ver como raiz de uma flor de lis
E foi assim que eu vi
Nosso amor na poeira, poeira
Morto na beleza fria de Maria

E o meu jardim da vida
Ressecou, morreu
Do pé que brotou Maria
Nem margarida nasceu

ENGLISH

Help me, God
Our love is over
Forgive me, please
I know I made mistakes

But I don't know what exactly made
everything change all at once
Where did I go wrong?
I just know that I loved,
and I loved, and I loved, and I loved

Could it be, perhaps
That my mistake
Was to give my heart to this girl
with all my soul
So she could make me happy

But destiny didn't want me to end up
like the root of a fleur de lis
So this is how I came to witness
Our love turn to dust, to dust
Dead in the face of Maria’s cold beauty

And the garden of my life
wilted, it died
And from the same root that sprouted Maria
Not even a daisy flower was born

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from Cape Verdean Blues, released September 15, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Djavan Caetano Viana (Djavan), © Universal Music MGB Brasil Ltda. (BMI).

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Kavita Shah New York, New York

Kavita Shah is an award-winning vocalist, composer, researcher, polyglot, and educator who makes work in deep engagement with jazz, while also addressing and advancing its global sensibilities. Her projects include "Visions" (2014), "Folk Songs of Naboréa" (2017), "Interplay" (2018), and "Cape Verdean Blues" (2023).

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