Translation of the song Jardim Prometido artist Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean

Jardim Prometido

English translation

Promised Garden

Ess verde di bô nome ja nos esperal tcheu

That green of your name already promises us a lot

Num jardim florido, rebera ta corré

In a flowery garden, the river is flowing

Vale de Paúl é prova de fertilidade

Vale de Paúl is a sampling of fertility

Quande nuvem fecunda ta derrá-me sê amor

When an abundant cloud is giving me its love

Agua ta caí esperança ta brotá

Water is falling hope is blossoming

Naquês tempo d'otrora quande mundo era mundo

In that former time when the world was the world

Maça di ouro bô tchom tava dá

That golden apple of yours called giving

Tchuva zanga e quel era de bonança

Rain, anger, and that of goodness

Hoje transformá num historia sabe d'uvi

Today transformed into a story known by ear

Ma nôs vontade e esperança é maior

But our will and hope is greater

Quel jardim na nôs sonho ca morrê

That garden in our dream dies here

Força de perseverança ainda ta cultiva'l

The force of perseverance still is cultivating

Cabo Verde é verde na nôs coraçon

Cape Verde is green in our heart

Nôs terra ta vertejá d'nôs mon cheio d'amor

Our land of our greenery full of love

Sempre nô espera pèss dia grande

We always wait for that great day

Onde cada fidjo ta tem sê parte d'virdim

Where every child has their part of the greenness

Nô crê vivê num terra d'amizade

We want to live in a land of friendship

Ta desenvolvê na meio d'felicidade

Unraveling in the middle of happiness

Num jardim prometido ta flori cheio di paz

A promised garden is flowering full of peace

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