Ney Matogrosso — As Ilhas song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "As Ilhas" by Ney Matogrosso.

Lyrics

Vi mosca urdindo fios
De sombra na madrugada
Vi sangue numa gravura
E morte em caras paradas
Via vis de meia noite
E frutas elementares
Vi a riqueza do mundo
Em bocas disseminadas
Vi pássaros transparentes
Em minha casa assombrada
Vi coisas de vida e morte
E coisas de sal e nada
Vi um cachorro sem dono
À porta de um cemitério
Vi a nudez nos espelhos
Cristas na noite velada
Vi uma estrela no meio
Da noite cristalizada
Vi coisas de puro medo
Na escuridão espelhada
Vi um cruel testamento
De anjos na madrugada
Vi fogo sobre a panela
No forno de uma cozinha
Vi bodas inexistentes
De noivas assassinadas
Vi peixes no firmamento
E tigres no azul das águas
Mas não via claramente
A circulação das ilhas
Nos rios e nas vertentes
E vi que não via nada
Nada, nada…

Lyrics translation

Vi fly warp wires
Shade at dawn
I saw blood on an engraving
And death in faces stops
Via midnight vis
And elementary fruits
I saw the wealth of the world
In disseminated mouths
I saw transparent birds
In my haunted house
I saw things of life and death
And things of salt and nothing
I saw a dog with no owner
At the door of a cemetery
I saw the nudity in the mirrors
Crests in the veiled night
I saw a star in the middle
Of the crystallized night
I saw things of pure fear
In the mirror darkness
I saw a cruel will
Of Angels at dawn
I saw fire on the pan
In the oven of a kitchen
I saw non-existent weddings
Of murdered brides
I saw fish in the firmament
And tigers in the blue of the waters
But did not see clearly
The circulation of the islands
On rivers and slopes
And I saw that I saw nothing
Nothing, nothing…