Debaixo dos Caracóis dos Seus Cabelos
As I watched my grandson playing abstractedly with a stick, looking at his cute curls I remembered a song that I like very much and has a beautiful history, a tribute behind it.
"Debaixo dos Caracóis dos Seus Cabelos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJXvEPzxLM
Here's the translation of the lyrics that unfortunately does not do justice to the original rhymes.
One day the white sand
Your feet will touch
And you get your hair wet with
The blue sea water
Windows and doors will open
To see you arrive
And when you're feeling at home
Smiling you will cry
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
The lights and the colors
That you see now
On the street where you walk
In the house where you live
You look at everything and nothing
Makes you feel happy
Now you only desire
To go back to your people
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
You walk through the evening
And you gaze wistfully
Your bleeding chest
A longing, a dream
One day I will see you
Arriving in a smile
Stepping in a white sand
That is your paradise
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
******************
This song, composed by Roberto Carlos/Erasmo Carlos in 1971 is a tribute to Caetano Veloso who was exiled in London, deported in 1969 by the Brazilian military dictatorship.
More about the exile:
www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/15/gilberto-gil-caetan...
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are touring Europe this summer:
www.stereoboard.com/caetano-veloso-and-gilberto-gil-tickets
Debaixo dos Caracóis dos Seus Cabelos
As I watched my grandson playing abstractedly with a stick, looking at his cute curls I remembered a song that I like very much and has a beautiful history, a tribute behind it.
"Debaixo dos Caracóis dos Seus Cabelos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJXvEPzxLM
Here's the translation of the lyrics that unfortunately does not do justice to the original rhymes.
One day the white sand
Your feet will touch
And you get your hair wet with
The blue sea water
Windows and doors will open
To see you arrive
And when you're feeling at home
Smiling you will cry
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
The lights and the colors
That you see now
On the street where you walk
In the house where you live
You look at everything and nothing
Makes you feel happy
Now you only desire
To go back to your people
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
You walk through the evening
And you gaze wistfully
Your bleeding chest
A longing, a dream
One day I will see you
Arriving in a smile
Stepping in a white sand
That is your paradise
Under the curls of your hair
A story to tell
From such a distant world
Under the curls of your hair
A sob and a will
To stay a moment longer
******************
This song, composed by Roberto Carlos/Erasmo Carlos in 1971 is a tribute to Caetano Veloso who was exiled in London, deported in 1969 by the Brazilian military dictatorship.
More about the exile:
www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/15/gilberto-gil-caetan...
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are touring Europe this summer:
www.stereoboard.com/caetano-veloso-and-gilberto-gil-tickets