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Acordai

from Vale do Fogo by Boudica

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This is a revolutionary song by Fernando Lopes Graça (music) & José Gomes Ferreira (lyrics). It’s a song of resistance against the Portuguese dictatorship of Salazar.

lyrics

Acordai, acordai
Homens que dormis
A embalar a dor
Dos silêncios vis
Vinde no clamor
Das almas viris
Arrancar a flor
Que dorme na raíz
Acordai, acordai
Raios e tufões
Que dormis no ar
E nas multidões
Vinde incendiar
De astros e canções
As pedras e o mar
O mundo e os corações
Acordai, acendei
De almas e de sóis
Este mar sem cais
Nem luz de faróis
E acordai depois
Das lutas finais
Os nossos heróis
Que dormem nos covais
Acordai!

Translation:
Awaken, awaken
You men that sleep
And nurse the pain
Of terrible silence
Come into the roar
Of virile souls
Rip out the flower
that sleeps at its roots

Awaken, awaken
Lightning and typhoons
Who sleep in the air
And in the multitudes
Come, ignite
With stars and songs
The stones and the sea
The world and the hearts

Awaken, kindle
With souls and suns
This sea without harbour
Nor any guiding light
Awaken after the final battles
Our heroes who are sleeping
in their dens.

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from Vale do Fogo, released March 4, 2022

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