Amália - Barco Negro

Maravilhosa! Arrebatadora! Muita saudade......

Canzone fantastica, one of my TEN TOP ALL TIMES. Amalia sings it in a fab way, and Mariza is at the same level, two differents worlds, two giants of the portuguese fado ::))

C4rl0sMC, thank you so much for the translation !
What marvellous, poetic lyrics, and it i s a passionate love song, I knew it! Happy New Year for you and all lovers of good music !

Kind regards

No problem ;) Happy New Year for you, too - cheers!

BTW, this song was originally a Brazilian song about slavery (Mãe Preta=Black Mother), whose lyrics where forbidden, in Portugal, during dictatorship; these lyrics are by poet, writer David Mourão-Ferreira.

What raw, soaring Passion !!! Absolutely beautiful !!! Can somebody please translate ? Kind regards

In the morning, such a scare, that you'd find me ugly!
I woke up, trembling, lying in the sand.

But soon your eyes said you didn't,
And the sun penetrated my heart.
(x2)

I saw afterward, on a rock, a cross,
And your black boat was dancing in the light
I saw your arm waving, between the already loose sails
Say the old women on the beach, that you won't return:

They're fools! They're fools!

(cont.)

(cont'ed)
refrain:
I know, my love,
That you haven't even come to leave,
For everything, around me,
Tells me you're always with me
(x2)

In the wind that throws the sand onto the glasses (*windows);
In the water that sings, in the dying fire;

In the warmth of the bed, in the empty stools;
Inside my chest, you're always with me
(x2)

refrain (x2)

svaka čast

Minha canção preferida. Adoro Barco Negro. Entre outras mas essa é magnifica.

This song is amazing no matter who sings it!!! Was Amalia the first to record it???