Chão de Estrelas Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Minha vida era um palco iluminado

My life was an illuminated stage

Eu vivia vestido de dourado

I lived dressed in gold

Palhaço das perdidas ilusões

A clown of lost illusions

Cheio dos guizos falsos da alegria

Full of false bells of joy

Andei cantando a minha fantasia

I walked singing my fantasy

Entre as palmas febris dos corações

Among the feverish applause of hearts


Meu barracão no morro do Salgueiro

My shack on the hill of Salgueiro

Tinha o cantar alegre de um viveiro

Had the joyful singing of an aviary

Foste a sonoridade que acabou

You were the sound that ended

E hoje, quando do Sol, a claridade

And today, when the sunlight

Forra o meu barracão, sinto saudade

Covers my shack, I feel longing

Da mulher pomba-rola que voou

For the woman dove that flew away


Nossas roupas comuns dependuradas

Our common clothes hanging

Na corda, qual bandeiras agitadas

On the line, like waving flags

Pareciam um estranho festival

Seemed like a strange festival

Festa dos nossos trapos coloridos

Party of our colorful rags

A mostrar que nos morros mal vestidos

To show that in poorly dressed hills

É sempre feriado nacional

It's always a national holiday


A porta do barraco era sem trinco

The door of the shack had no latch

Mas a Lua, furando o nosso zinco

But the moon, piercing our tin

Salpicava de estrelas nosso chão

Scattered stars on our floor

Tu pisavas nos astros, distraída

You stepped on the stars, distracted

Sem saber que a ventura desta vida

Unaware that the joy of this life

É a cabrocha, o luar e o violão

Is the girl, the moonlight, and the guitar

Added by Bruno Silva
Praia, Cape Verde September 6, 2024
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