Vento Sardo [English translation]

The wind that brings waves up

That pushes the boats

That makes the sea wave

Is the same that ends up in the beach

That raises the circle skirt

That belongs to Oiá1

There are times of walking upwind

When setbacks start blowing

Then the puffing wind

Hits the clothes-line to give me bravery

The wind that blows from afar

Maybe from the same place the solar wind comes

The wind that is the air's movement

Let's raise our sails

Open the winds

Wind up our pain

Let's give the wind a name

Celebrate its purifying

Breath

Pampero, Terral, Tramontana

Alisio, Santana, Siroco, Mistral

Levante, Minuano and Cierzo

And a thousand others that verse would like to name

At times the wind changes

It slams the doors and makes everything take flight

The wind is the behavior of air

Blows

It blows

It will blows

Blows

It blows

It will blows

The wind that brings waves up

That pushes the boats

That makes the sea wave

Is the same that ends up in the beach

That raises the circle skirt

That belongs to Oiá1

There are times of walking upwind

When setbacks start blowing

Then the puffing wind

Hits the clothes-line to give me bravery

The wind that blows from afar

Maybe from the same place the solar wind comes

The wind that is the air's movement

Blows

It blows

It will blows

It will blows

Pampero, Terral, Tramontana

Alisio, Santa Ana, Siroco, Mistral

(Blows, it blows...)

Levant, Minuano and Northern

Northwestern, Eastern, Southwestern

(Soprará, soprará...)

Southwestern

1. a. b. Yansã, orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms, in a few African religions

• Artist:Marisa Monte