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Porteira da SaudadeGate of Longing

Irah Caldeira · Entre o Calango e o Baião Between the Calango and the Baião (2012)

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Composer: Irah Caldeira

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Full lyrics

Minha saudade é regada

Pelas tardes na fazenda

A minha vó sentadinha

Cantando e fazendo renda

Velhas faces na parede

Sem dizer a sua idade

E minha lembrança encostada

Na porteira da saudade


O velho fogão de lenha

A comida na panela

Minha mãe me abençoando

E eu beijando o rosto dela

Porta batente e janelas

Deste velho casarão

Vivem dentro do meu peito

Batendo em meu coração


Bola de gude pião

Que rodavam na minha mão

Brincadeira de menino

Menino cavalo de pau

Chapéu de couro berimbau

E a benção de Deus Divino

Translation

My saudade is nurtured

By the afternoons on the farm

My grandma sitting

Singing and making lace

Old faces on the wall

Without telling their age

And my memory leaning

On the gate of saudade


The old wood-burning stove

The food in the pot

My mother blessing me

And I kissing her face

Door frame and windows

Of this old mansion

Live inside my chest

Beating in my heart


Marbles, spinning top

That spun in my hand

Boy's play

Boy, hobby horse

Leather hat, berimbau

And the blessing of Divine God

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