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Luiz Gonzaga

Louvaçao a Joao XXIIIPraise to John XXIII

Luiz Gonzaga · Aboios & Vaquejadas, Nos Caminhos da Fé e São João Na Roça Aboios & Vaquejadas, On the Paths of Faith and São João in the Countryside (2014)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Cantador desse Nordeste

Afinei o meu bordão

Eu agora vou fazer

Uma bonita louvação

Ao velhinho lá de Roma

Ao bondoso Papa João } bis


Vinte e três de santidade

Oitenta de coração

Nove mil de caridade

Não sei quanto de atenção

Pastor de toda pobreza

Vaqueiro dessa nação } bis


Que ama Nosso Senhor

E se alimenta do pão

Que mata a fome de todos

Até dos sem precisão

E não se assa no forno

E nem conhece balcão } bis


Água, luz e alimento

De todos sem exceção

Mata a sede da pobreza

Atravessa a escuridão

Alenta toda a tristeza

Acaba com a escravidão }bis


É a lei do mundo livre

Na pureza do cristão

Que não odeia e trabalha

Pela humana redenção

A linguagem do amor

Do Santo Papa João } bis


Escreveu no Vaticano

A sábia e grande lição

Da igreja mãe e mestra

Com a sua própria mão

E alegrou todo universo

No esplendor da união } bis


Do cristianismo puro

Que se levanta do chão

Como a semente de trigo

Do mais puro e branco pão

Uva dourada do vinho

Do Cristo da Comunhão } bis


Senhor de toda a bondade

Senhor de todo perdão

Que mandou chamar bem cedo

O bondoso Papa João

A quem fiz e farei sempre

Esta bela louvação } bis

Translation

Singer from this Nordeste

I tuned my voice

I am now going to make

A beautiful praise

To the old man there in Rome

To the kind Pope João } bis


Twenty-three of holiness

Eighty of heart

Nine thousand of charity

I don't know how much of attention

Shepherd of all poverty

Vaqueiro of this nation } bis


Who loves Our Lord

And feeds on bread

That kills everyone's hunger

Even of those without need

And does not bake in the oven

And does not know a counter } bis


Water, light and food

For everyone without exception

Quenches the thirst of poverty

Crosses the darkness

Comforts all sadness

Ends slavery }bis


It is the law of the free world

In the purity of the Christian

Who does not hate and works

For human redemption

The language of love

Of Saint Pope João } bis


Wrote in the Vatican

The wise and great lesson

Of the mother and teacher church

With his own hand

And gladdened the whole universe

In the splendor of union } bis


Of pure Christianity

That rises from the ground

Like the wheat seed

Of the purest and white bread

Golden grape of the wine

Of the Christ of Communion } bis


Lord of all goodness

Lord of all forgiveness

Who sent to call early

The kind Pope João

To whom I always made and will make

This beautiful praise } bis

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