Namoro de corvo Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Num cerrito descarnado

In a bare hill

Peral de pedra e de tuna

With stone and prickly pear

Clareado de blanca luna

Brightened by the white moonlight

A moldura rendondada

A rounded frame

No arrancar da madrugada

In the breaking dawn

Se enchergava uma figura

A figure was seen

Lá no topo das alturas

At the top of the heights

Negra estampa apaixonada

Black, passionate silhouette


O verde pasto da pampa

The green pasture of the pampa

Pelo sereno molhado

Drenched by the dew

E o casal apaixonado

And the passionate couple

Nas noites de primavera

In spring nights

Estar assim quem me dera

To be like that, how I wish

Cobiça e de relancina

Lust and longing

Pensando na triste sina

Thinking about the sad fate

Do meu coração tapera

Of my desolate heart


(refrão)

(chorus)

Bombeava bombeava o corvo pra corva

The crow courted the crow, pumped and pumped

E ela com ar de morrona

And she with a sulky air

Retinta como a cambona

Dark as the cambona

Floreava o bico nas pena

Flaunting the beak in the feathers

E o corvo véio torena

And the old crow strutting

Vaqueano e coperativa

Veteran and cooperative

Largou uma asa por riba

Dropped a wing over her

Abraçando a linda morena

Embracing the beautiful brunette


Lembrei de voltas passadas

I remembered past turns

De um pala preto que tinha

Of a black pala that he had

E o galopito que vinha

And the gallop coming

Em direção ao povoado

Toward the village

E sempre o mesmo bragado

And always the same chestnut

Pingo de rédea a de pata

Horse with a raised rein

Lembrei também da mulata

I also remembered the mulatto

Por quem tive enfeitiçado

For whom I was enchanted


Assim se deu o romance

Thus the romance happened

Pra quem se lembra o espanto

For those who remember the amazement

E juro por qualquer santo

And I swear by any saint

Inté por Nossa Senhora

Even by Our Lady

Que descobri nessa hora

That I discovered at that moment

A força bruta do amor

The brute force of love

E lhe digo sim senhor

And I tell you, yes, sir

Que corvo também namora

That crows also court

Added by André Costa
Maputo, Mozambique December 28, 2024
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