Barcarola do São Francisco Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

É a luz do sol que encandeia

It's the sunlight that dazzles

Sereia de além mar

Mermaid from beyond the sea

Clara como o clarão do dia

Clear as the brightness of the day

Marejou meu olhar

It moistened my gaze

Olho d'água, beira de rio

Spring, riverside

Vento, vela a bailar

Wind, dancing sail

Barcarola do São Francisco

Barcarole of the São Francisco

Me leve para o mar

Take me to the sea


Era um domingo de lua

It was a moonlit Sunday

Quando deixei Jatobá

When I left Jatobá

Era quem sabe a esperança

It was, perhaps, hope

Indo à outro lugar

Going to another place

Barcarola do São Francisco

Barcarole of the São Francisco

Velejo agora no mar

I now sail on the sea

Sem leme, mapa ou tesouro

Without rudder, map, or treasure

De prata ou luar

Of silver or moonlight


Eu, em sonho um beija-flor

I, in a dream, a hummingbird

Rasgando tardes vou buscar

Tearing through afternoons, I seek

Em outro céu

In another sky

Noite longe que ficou em mim

Night far away that stayed in me

Noite longe que ficou em mim

Night far away that stayed in me

Quero lembrar

I want to remember


Era um domingo

It was a Sunday

Added by Ricardo Almeida
Praia, Cape Verde February 16, 2025
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