Certas canções – Milton Nascimento

Certas canções que ouço
cabem tão dentro de mim
que perguntar carece
como não fui eu que fiz?

Certa emoção me alcança
corta-me a alma sem dor
certas canções me chegam
como se fosse o amor

Contos da água e do fogo
cacos de vidas no chão
cartas do sonho do povo
é o coração do cantor

Vida e mais vida oferida
chuva, outono, ou mar
carvão e giz, abrigo
gesto molhado no olhar

Calor que invade, arde, queima, encoraja
amor que invade, arde, carece de cantar

Certain Songs…

Certain songs as I’ve listened
Fit so well inside of me
I ask myself the question
How was their author not me?

Certain emotions find me
Painless, they open my heart
Certain songs come to embrace me
Almost as though it were love

Stories of water and fire
Shards of lives left on the ground
Letters of the dream of the people
are the singer’s heart

Life and more life offered
Tempest, October or sea
Charcoal and chalk, a shelter
And water that shifts in a glance

Heat that invades, aches, burns, encouragement
Love that invades, aches, needing to be sung

~ Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant, from the incredible 70s.

While it lasts, here’s a YouTube vid with the original track – start it up, then switch back to the lyrics here to avoid the slideshow of bus-stations and nonsense… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW8rFunsCIg

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