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Luiz Gonzaga

Prece Por Exú NovoPrayer for Exú Novo

Luiz Gonzaga · Eterno Cantador Eternal Singer (1998)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Gonzaguinha

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Seu moço

É tão triste a história

Que já nem sei do começo

Não gosto de sua lembrança

E quando lembro estremeço

Eu era ainda criança

E tudo já estava no avesso

Amor demais deu em ódio

Tomou as contas de um terço

Pai Nosso, nos salve Maria

Não deixe esses filhos sem berço } bis


São tantos ódios à solta

São tantas vezes a cruz

São tantos corpos tombados

São tantas vidas sem luz

São tantas vezes a raiva

Descendo o seu negro capuz

É tanto sangue e maldade

Que só o canto traduz

Pai Nosso nos salve Maria

Ajude a gente Jesus } bis


E vamos embora daqui

Meu Deus não dá pra ficar

Meu Cristo, eu quero sumir

Eu vou fugir pra acolá

Exu ficando vazio

E o povo buscando lugar

Adonde havia alegria

Sobrevive o mal-estar

Pai Nosso, nos salve Maria

Da lei do morrer ou matar } bis


Que os poderosos se matam

Problema é do poder

Mas sempre sobra pros pobres

Isso eu não posso entender

Acaba restante uns quatro

Pra tentar se resolver

Quatro tiros, quatro mortes

E ninguém há pra nascer

Pai Nosso, nos salve Maria

A morte não pode vencer } bis


Pois é, meu pai Januário

Parece que a paz não vingou

Nas terras do teu pé de serra

Acauã só agorou

Canta mais triste o Assum Preto

Mais triste do que já cantou

No céu, já não vejo Asa Branca

Foi simbora e não voltou

Pai Nosso no salve Maria

Padim Ciço, por favor } bis


E entra ano e sai ano

E tudo sem solução

Confio que a juventude

Com sua revolução

Nos traga o amor e acabe

O horror desta tradição

E assim, permita meu povo

Que volte pro meu sertão

Nos mostre Pai Nosso e Maria

Irmão ajudando irmão } bis

Translation

Young man

The story is so sad

That I don't even know the beginning anymore

I don't like its memory

And when I remember, I tremble

I was still a child

And everything was already inside out

Too much love turned into hatred

It took over the rosary beads

Our Father, save us Mary

Don't leave these children without a cradle } bis


There is so much hatred unleashed

There are so many times the cross

There are so many fallen bodies

There are so many lives without light

There are so many times the rage

Descending its black hood

It's so much blood and evil

That only the song translates

Our Father, save us Mary

Help us Jesus } bis


And let's go away from here

My God, we can't stay

My Christ, I want to disappear

I'm going to flee over there

Exu becoming empty

And the people looking for a place

Where there was joy

Unease survives

Our Father, save us Mary

From the law of dying or killing } bis


Let the powerful kill each other

The problem belongs to power

But it always remains for the poor

This I cannot understand

Ends up with about four remaining

To try to resolve it

Four shots, four deaths

And there's no one to be born

Our Father, save us Mary

Death cannot win } bis


Well then, my father Januário

It seems that peace did not prevail

In the lands of your pé de serra

Acauã only brought bad omens

The Assum Preto sings sadder

Sadder than it has ever sung

In the sky, I no longer see Asa Branca

It went away and didn't come back

Our Father, save us Mary

Padim Ciço, please } bis


And year comes and year goes

And everything without a solution

I trust that the youth

With their revolution

Will bring us love and end

The horror of this tradition

And thus, allow my people

To return to my sertão

Show us Our Father and Mary

Brother helping brother } bis

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