Translation of the song Luz dum Estrela artist Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean

Luz dum Estrela

English translation

light of a star

Ja' me tem luz dum estrela

i've now a light from a star

E na nha caminhada

and my walk

Dinha lua ta vigiá

from my moon its watched over

Pa tudo di bom

in order that everything good

Ser v'rado prata

will be turned silver

Pa um manto leitoso

in order that a milky coat

Acolhê nhas posse

shall receive my stance

Bem divagarim

come very slowly

Brisa ta sussurá-me

wind is whispering

Qu'ess dor di meu

that's the pain that the mine

Ta ser sepultode

will be buried

Na imensidao di bonança

in the immensity of the fair wether

Dess note tao clara

in this night so clear

E antom

and so

C'tudo nha paz reecontrada

with all my peace gathered again

Um ta podê segui rumo

one can continue the way

Di nha estrela

of my star

Qu'já pô ta brilhá na ceu

that now can be in the brightly sky

Di nha infortuna

of my misfortune

Pa d'ze'me c'ma nha sina

to say that my fate

Ja mudá

has changed

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