Translation of the song Isolada artist Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean

Isolada

English translation

Isolated

M' ta conchê um mulata

I know a mulatto girl

Qui ta vivê fichada

who lives locked up,

Isolada num gaiola cor di prata

isolated into a silver-plated cage.

Ela tem pa compainha

All she has for company

Noite e luz di dia

is the night and the daylight,

Ela é fidje di sofrimento ma tormento

she's the daughter of suffering and torment.

Jám pedi noss senhor

I already prayed to Our Lord

Pê dam um asa em flor

to give me blooming wings

Quê pam voá atê quel mulatinha

to go flying to that little mulatto girl,

Pam ba tiral di sê dor

to take away her pain,

Pam ba fazêl nha rainha

to make her my queen,

Sê liberdade é nha felicidade

her liberty and my happiness.

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