A Minha Terra É Viana

My land is Viana
I’m from the mountains and the sea
I only call it home
Where my heart can be free
Oh my land, dressed up
In the color of rose leaves
Oh white skirts of Perre
And the reds of Areosa

I turned my back on Galicia
I faced the sea instead
Santa Marta in black skirts
With moonlight beads to spread

I danced the drop in Carreço
The Green Jay in Afife
I danced it slow and easy
Just like the law says to be
Just like the law says to be
I danced in Tirana
And I danced all through Minho
And when you say Minho, you say Viana

I turned my back on Galicia
I then faced the sun
Santa Marta in green skirts
They called her blue, just for fun

My land is Viana
These narrow streets I roam
It’s the ships that are leaving
And the stones that call me home
It’s this sun that burns me
This love that’s never wrong
These shadows that scare me
My land is Viana

I turned my back on Galicia
I started rowing against the wind
Santa Marta in crimson skirts
The color of my thoughts within.