Calmaria Lyrics in English Rui Veloso
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Calmaria by Rui Veloso from Portuguese to English.
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Foi medonha a tempestade
It was ghastly the storm
Que a agulha quase enlouquecia
That the needle almost went crazy
E era tal o negrume do céu
And such was the black of heaven
Que não havia noite nem dia
That there was no night or day
Já eu pensava na morte
I was thinking about death
Fez-se súbita acalmia
It became sudden calming
Que nos deixou à sorte
That left us to chance
Sem vento na maresia
No wind in the sea
Relembrei velhos pilotos
I remembered old pilots
Relatos destas andanças
Accounts of these wanderings
Piores que certos maremotos
Worse than certain tsunamis
Às vezes só certas bonanças
Sometimes only certain bonanzas
Reparamos os danos nas velas
We repair the damage to the candles
Que o vento havia de chegar
That the wind was going to come
Mas foram passando os dias
But the days have been passing
E nós sem nada mais a inventar
And we with nothing more to invent
E era medonha a calmaria
And it was ghastly the calm
Segui vôo de albatroz
I followed albatross flight
Fisguei peixe-voador
I hooked flying fish
Cantei para ouvir a minha voz
I singed to hear my voice
Recapitulei cada amor
I recapitulated every love
Li a noite constelada
I read the constellation night
Na folha do firmamento
On the firmament sheet
Vi a várzea azul semeada
I saw the blue floodplain sanded
De águas sem movimento
Of unmoved waters
A mando do capitão
At the behest of the captain
Fizemos procissão
We made procession
Missa e novena cantada
Mass and novena sung
Pescamos um tubarão
We catch a shark
E depois de o cegar no convés
And after i blinded him on deck
Com ele fizemos tourada
With him we did bullfighting
Mas do vento de feição
But of the wind of feature
É que ninguém sabia de nada
It's just that nobody knew anything
E era medonha a calmaria
And it was ghastly the calm
Quase a dez dias de pasmo
Almost ten days of astonomore
No alto mar sem aragem
On the high seas without watering
Com o sol tisnando a prumo
With the sun tisnando the plumb
Pus fim à minha viagem
I put an end to my journey
Tão farto de calmaria
So sick of calm
Pus o pé na amurada
I put my foot on the wall
E ali me fui na lezíria
And there I went to the lezíria
Que o mar se fez margem lavrada
That the sea was made ploughed margin
Calentura, calentura, calentura
Calentura, calentura, calentura
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