O meu amor mariñeiro
Fuxan Os Ventos
My Sailor Love
My love is a sailor
and lives on the high sea;
his arms are the wind
no one can tie them.
My love is a sailor
and when he comes to talk to me
he puts a caravel on his lips
a song in his heart.
I AM FREE LIKE THE BIRDS
AND I SPEND MY LIFE SINGING;
A HEART THAT IS BORN FREE
CANNOT BE CHAINED.
I carry a ship in my veins
I was born to sail;
whoever tries to put chains on me
will have to kill me first!
It is better to be free for a day
at the edge of the wild sea,
than to live all life long,
imprisoned, enslaved and silent!
He lives far away, far away,
where the wild sea roars,
and with his relentless strength
he will have to come back to us!
I AM FREE...
In a moment, suddenly,
I know that one day will come,
as if the sea and the wind,
opened up to sing in us.
I WILL PASS THROUGH THE PLACES
LIKE THE WIND ON THE SAND
OPEN ALL THE WINDOWS
TO END SLAVERY!
Through the streets of the cities
I will pass singing,
holding in my right hand
the sword of freedom.
As if a ship entered
suddenly, in the city,
bringing to fly on the mast
flags of freedom!
I WILL PASS THROUGH THE PLACES
LIKE THE WIND ON THE SAND
OPEN ALL THE WINDOWS
TO END SLAVERY!
