Translation of Minha Terra from Portuguese to English
Oh people of my land
Now I have realized
This sadness that I carry
It was from you that I received it
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land (hey)
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land (hey)
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people
I came from the mountain where I planted the faith that now lives mirrored in my voice
I came from the seed that now bore fruit that feeds us all
Longing for the land of my grandparents
Because these memories are safe havens
And today time is a slave to the twists of life
Where there is no room for glass ceilings
I want to climb the step of the clouds and embrace those who have gone and never returned
I want to run to my old self and tell him that we are no longer the same
I want to live hand in hand with peace
Stay away from bad energies, oh-oh
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land (hey)
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
(?)
Hey, longing for home (home)
From my land (land)
From every lost corner of the world where this longing does not err (err)
There where pain has no place
Where I confess with the moonlight
Where gathering the family again is always the reason to celebrate
Awe, awe, awe
The people I love are beyond
The cradle where my mother comes from
And at the end of the day I will toast
With those who came to stay (stay)
And with those who live in my heart
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land (hey)
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
I miss my area, my alleys and streets
My nigga spinning in the ghetto
Time has passed, we were once children
Today I am alone but I feel closer
With faith and hope I try to advance
To try to do something right
We come from below, we come from the ghetto
The secret is to live life without fear
I have said that everything passes
I have said that everything changes
Only memories remain
So many memories in Portugal
Since I knew my land
Then I said that many things change
And it's only there that I want to be
It's for that that I fight
Oh, my people
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people of my land
Oh, my people (uhm-uhm)
Oh people