Name: As Nuvens
Duration: P00H03M09S
Description: This is a song from the Cancioneiro Alentejano, a collection of traditional folk songs from the Alentejo region in Portugal, where most of us live. It’s a song about water and love. We sing two verses of it.

As Nuvens

from Vale do Fogo by Boudica

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This is a song from the Cancioneiro Alentejano, a collection of traditional folk songs from the Alentejo region in Portugal, where most of us live. It’s a song about water and love. We sing two verses of it.

lyrics

As nuvens que andam no ar
Arrastadas pelo vento
Foram buscar agua ao mar
P'ra regarem todo o tempo

P’ra regarem todo o tempo
E em todo o tempo regar
Arrastadas pelo vento
As nuvens que andam no ar

Contei as estrelas do céu
Eram duzentas e doze
Com as duas dos teus olhos
São duzentas e catorze.

Translation:
The clouds that drift in the air,
Dragged by the wind,
Went to fetch water from the sea,
To water all the time.
To water all the time
And all the time to water,
Dragged by the wind,
The clouds that drift in the air.
I counted the stars in the sky,
They were two hundred and twelve,
With the two in your eyes,
They are two hundred and fourteen.

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from Vale do Fogo, released March 4, 2022

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We are a group of women from around the world, brought together by community and peace work, and a love for creating music that speaks to the wholeness of life. We all met, and some of us live, at Tamera Peace Research Center, Portugal.

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