Skip to content
ESC Close  ·  Ctrl+K Search
Menu
Alceu Valença

Pra ClarearTo Brighten

Alceu Valença · Maracatus, Batuques E Ladeiras Maracatus, Batuques and Hills (1994)

Share: 0
0

Composer: Alceu Valença

Spotify subscribers hear the full song. Without a subscription, only a preview.

Translations are AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies — especially with Brazilian cultural expressions, regional slang, and short phrases, where it is hard for the AI to grasp the context. Still, we hope it helps you follow along with the music. If you spot something that could be improved, get in touch!

The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

Bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na noite (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Falou Drummond

No Sentimento do Mundo

Se eu me chamasse Raimundo

Não seria a solução

Seria rima

Verso, prosa, poesia

E o mundo não mudaria

Eis aí toda questão


Bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na mente (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Pra Carlos Prestes

O mundo se resumia

Todo em ideologia

Em massa e revolução

O Cavaleiro montava sua utopia

Não via, não percebia

Como crescia o Japão


Bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na noite (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Mas bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na noite (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Os segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Eu que vivi

Com meu peito dividido

Entre a certeza e a dúvida

Entre só ser

E ser não

Sou mais Pessoa

Lembro da Tabacaria

Sem a vã filosofia

Sem resposta nem questão


Bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na noite (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Mas bota fogo na terra (ô José)

Fogo no ar (ô Iaiá)

Fogo na noite (ô José)

Pra clarear

Seja chama e pavio (ô José)

Pra desvendar (ô Iaiá)

Os segredos do mundo (ô José)

Pra clarear


Clareia, Sivuca!

Translation

Set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the night (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

Secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


Drummond spoke

In the Feeling of the World

If I were called Raimundo

It wouldn't be the solution

It would be rhyme

Verse, prose, poetry

And the world wouldn't change

Therein lies the whole question


Set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the mind (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

Secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


For Carlos Prestes

The world was summarized

All in ideology

In mass and revolution

The Knight rode his utopia

He didn't see, didn't perceive

How Japan was growing


Set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the night (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

Secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


But set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the night (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

The secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


I who lived

With my chest divided

Between certainty and doubt

Between just being

And not being

I am more Pessoa

I remember the Tabacaria

Without vain philosophy

Without answer or question


Set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the night (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

Secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


But set fire to the earth (oh José)

Fire in the air (oh Iaiá)

Fire in the night (oh José)

To illuminate

Be flame and fuse (oh José)

To unravel (oh Iaiá)

The secrets of the world (oh José)

To illuminate


Illuminate, Sivuca!

More lyrics by Alceu Valença

All lyrics by Alceu Valença

Other artists