Cabo Verde Terra Estimada
Cesária Évora
Beloved Cape Verde Land
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
These little grains of land
That God scattered in the sea
Belong to us, not taken by war
It's Cape Verde, beloved land
These little grains of land
That God scattered in the sea
Belong to us, not taken by war
It's Cape Verde, beloved land
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
Cry for the longing of those brunettes
That it carries in thought
Cry for the eternal memory
Of a time that had no suffering
Cry for the longing of those brunettes
That it carries in thought
Cry for the eternal memory
Of a time that had no suffering
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
Oh Cape Verde, beloved land
Land of peace, land of joy
Everyone who sees it is amazed
It doesn't leave, it wants to stay
But if it leaves, it cries
