Maria Bethânia, Sete trovas, an die musik from Brazil, 2009

Nothing is sweeter than a little samba in a minor key says my sogra Norma and this is one of the things I completely agree with her. When the song comes from Maria Bethânia, brasilian immense artist who re-activates in singing its ceremonial dimension, then, I am in heaven. I just listened to this song, I just made the vídeo, I just forwarded it to you, my e-friends.

It is an hymn to songs, a brasilian an die musik released only a few months ago in my second land. Only Maria and this country would dare to promote such a pop song nowdays.

Sete trovas (=seven quatrains, poems) was created by Consuelo de Paula, Etel Frota and Rubens Nogueira. It is included in the cd Encanteria, 2009.

The song is my sin, my pain of redemption,
My toy, my Epiphany,
My bite of bread.
The song is my state of mind,
My distraction, my fate
My joyful popular game, my religious procession
My walking stick, my credo.

A fortune, a gift,
A talisman banner, a herald,
An unexpected daughter, a child , a thunder,
The horn of tides
Holy water and devotion, pagan light, auto de fé.
A fountain, my protecting saint.
My job, my role
A compass, my direction
A heart overflowing honey.

The song is my dance,
My signal and my baton,
Fandango, zapateado
The end, the expression.
The song is my rest,
My destiny, loneliness,
My peace, my detachment,
My owner, my forgiveness.

Enjoy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Maria
• Bethânia
• sete
• trovas
• encanteria
• an
• die
• musik
• Consuelo
• de
• Paula
• Etel
• Frota
• Rubens
• Nogueira
• Brazil

[EtelFrota]

Nothing is sweeter than you, dear pslogge! Once I tried myself to translate this lyrics, and I quickly gave up. You made this task very well, congratulations. Thank you for publishing our verses. In my name and my partners! Yours, Etel Frota

[pslogge]

@EtelFrota Congratulations and thank you for this wonderful song Etel & partners. It deeply touched me. Zeca14zeca helped with the translation, I am so glad that you approve. My respects. Abraçao.

[laborvida]

Por favor, colocar os autores:

Consuelo de Paula, Rubens e Etel

[pslogge]

@laborvida estavam sempre correctamente escribidos na secao mais informacoes. seja bem vindo.

[Leilazul]

I always loved her voice...thanks for this pleasant moment!!!

[laborvida]

obrigada! Maravilha! Bela tradução da canção!

[Backatwon]

Now that was beautiful ....................thanks for posting that !!......and thanks for saying hello and directing to your channel!

[MisZing]

Classical, Bolero and now Bossa....getting more festive everytime :) Keep loving your channel, thanks! very clearly sung by the way, great to listen to this to improve my Brasil-Portuguese.

[zeca14zeca]

a maria bethania eh um patrimonio do brasil, e acho que ela nao conquistou um lugar na musica mundial em funcao da barreira da lingua. parabens. seu video ajuda a divulga-la para que mais pessoas possam aprecia-la.