Vento Lyrics Translation in English

Caetano Veloso
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Vento, pastor da curva do mar

Wind, shepherd of the curve of the sea

Vim te sentir passar

I came to feel you passing by

Volta do mundo

Return from the world

Tu és o meu lugar

You are my place

Vento daqui, de longe, de lá

Wind from here, from far away, from there

Meu verdadeiro lar

My true home

Voz do coqueiro

Voice of the coconut tree

Que manda a duna andar

That makes the dune move

Quero te ver brincando entre onda e onda

I want to see you playing between wave and wave

Quero te ouvir cantando no bambu

I want to hear you singing in the bamboo

Quero que me perguntes e que eu te responda

I want you to ask me and for me to answer you

Não contes a ninguém

Don't tell anyone

Esconde em teu azul

Hide in your blue

Palha da palma das asas dos anjinhos

Straw from the palm of the little angels' wings

Saia rendada, tuba, procissão

Lacy skirt, tuba, procession

Roça na minha pele me faz carinho

Touches my skin, caresses me

Me ensina o que eu já sei

Teach me what I already know

Meu mestre e meu irmão

My master and my brother

Vento de tempo, espaço e canção

Wind of time, space, and song

Aves de arribação

Migratory birds

Vida da vela

Life of the sail

Estrada do avião

Airplane's path

Vento sem pena e sem ilusão

Wind without pity and without illusion

Sem Deus e sem razão

Without God and without reason

Bafo de estrela

Breath of stars

Sopro no coração

Breath in the heart

Added by André Costa
Maputo, Mozambique July 31, 2025
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