A Luz de Tieta [English translation]
A Luz de Tieta [English translation]
Every day is the same day
Life is so small
Nothing new under the sun
Those who bathe in light
Have to hide in the dark
under the sheets
In this land pain is strong
Ambition is small
Carnival and football
Who doesn’t pretend
Who doesn’t lie
Who has more joy and suffering
serves as a lighthouse
There is someone within us
Within many amongst us
This someone
who shines more than
a million suns
and who also
knows darkness
There is someone here
Deep within you
within me
who shouts at whoever wants to hear
and sings like this
Every night is the same night
Life is so narrow
Nothing new under the moon
Everyone wants to know
who you go to bed with
Nothing can move forward
It’s Sunday, it’s February
It’s the Seventh of September
Football and Carnival
Nothing changes, it’s all darkness
As far as I can remember
A pain that is always the same
There is someone within us
Within many amongst us
This someone
who shines more than
a million suns
and who also
knows darkness
There is someone here
Deep within you
within me
who shouts at whoever wants to hear
and sings like this
Êta!
Êta, êta, êta
It’s the moon, it’s the sun, it’s Tieta’s light
Êta, êta!...(2x)
There is someone within us
Within many amongst us
This someone
who shines more than
a million suns
and who also
knows darkness
There is someone here
Deep within you
within me
who shouts at whoever wants to hear
and sings like this
Every night is the same night
Life is so narrow
Nothing new under the moon
Everyone wants to know
with whom you go to bed with
Nothing can move forward
It’s Sunday, it’s February
It’s the Seventh of September
Football and Carnival
Nothing changes, it’s all darkness
As far as I can remember
A pain that is always the same
There is someone within us
Within many amongst us
This someone
who shines more than
a million suns
and who also
knows darkness
There is someone here
Deep within you
within me
who shouts at whoever wants to hear
and sings like this
Êta!
Êta, êta, êta
It’s the moon, it’s the sun, it’s Tieta’s light
Êta, êta!...(2x)
- Artist:Caetano Veloso