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Um porta aberte (ft. Bau)

from Cape Verdean Blues by Kavita Shah

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lyrics

KRIOL

Cond bo partí
um quis fcá na sossegue
ma’gora nha vontád e conchê mund
perdê sodad é cum crê
fcá livr d’ess palavra reptid
encontrob libert d’tud lembrança
um ca crê sintí más
parti é nha camin
prendê q’tem ôtes pensar

Voltá um ta voltá un dia
na nha visão
tont cosa prindid
um porta aberte ta fcá
na nha casa ta morá sabedoria

ENGLISH

When you left
I wanted to remain in quietude
But now my desire is to see the world
To lose sodade* for the one I love
To be free from that much repeated word
To find you free of all memories
I don’t want to feel anything anymore
Parting is now my path forward
To learn that there are other ways of thinking

Return, I will return someday
And I will behold in my sight
So many things learned
A door will remain open
And in my house will live wisdom

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from Cape Verdean Blues, released September 15, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Vasco Martins, © Musique et Communication (SACEM).

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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 the jazz tradition, while also addressing and advancing its global sensibilities. Her globally-minded projects include "Visions" (2014), "Folk Songs of Naboréa" (2017), "Interplay" (2018), nominated for France's Victoires de la Musique, and "Cape Verdean Blues" (2023). ... more

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