Rui Veloso — A Ilha song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "A Ilha" by Rui Veloso.
Lyrics
Fiz-me ao mar com lua cheia
A esse mar de ruas e cafés
Com vagas de olhos a rolar
Que nem me viam no convés
Tão cegas no seu vogar
E assim fui na monção
Perdido na imensidão
Deparei com uma ilha
Uma pequena maravilha
Meio submersa
Resistindo àtoada
Deu-me dois dedos de conversa
Jácheia de andar calada
Tinha um olhar acanhado
E uma blusa azul-grená
Com o botão desapertado
E por dentro tão ousado
Um peito sem soutien
Ancoramos num rochedo
Sacudimos o sal e o medo
Falámos de música e cinema
Lia fernando pessoa
E às vezes também fazia um poema
E no cabelo vi-lhe conchas
E na boca uma pérola a brilhar
Despiu o olhar de defesa
Pôs-me o mapa sobre a mesa
Deu-me conta dessas ilhas
Arquipélagos ao luar
Com os areais estendidos
Contra a cegueira do mar
Esperando veleiros perdidos
Lyrics translation
I went to sea with a full moon
To this sea of streets and cafes
With waves of eyes rolling
They didn't even see me on the deck.
So blind in your rowing
And so I went in the monsoon
Lost in the vastness
I came across an island
A little wonder
Half submerged
Resisting to the wind
Gave me two fingers of conversation
Jácheia de gait silent
Had a narrow look
And a blue-Grenada blouse
With the button unscrewed
And inside so bold
One breast without bra
We anchor on a rock
We shake the salt and the fear
We talked about music and cinema
Lia fernando pessoa
And sometimes he also made a poem
And in her hair I saw shells
And in the mouth a Pearl Shining
Undressed the look of Defense
He put the map on my table.
You gave me an account of these islands.
Archipelagos by moonlight
With extended Sands
Against sea blindness
Waiting for lost sailboats