Wednesday, August 3, 2011

"O Mare E Tu"....the Sea and You

This is such a beautiful song sung by Andrea Bocelli and Dulce Pontes (who wrote the song).  Andrea Bocelle is a pop/opera singer from Italy who was blinded at a young age.  Please listen to this song, be patient and I will find the lyrics in both Portuguese (Dulce Pontes is a Fado singer - more on this later) and the English translation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGyeuCEAyWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wdlnjVjKrI&feature=related

Fado music you will follow some Arabic rhythms and will take you to places you cannot imagine, since the musical theory is far different from Western theory.  The "Queen" of Fado was Amália Rodrigues who lived until 1999.  If you ever wish to hear the BEST Fado singer ever - don't hesitate to buy: "The Art of Amália Rodriques" which is available at Amazon.com

 http://www.amazon.com/Art-Amalia-Rodrigues/dp/B00000C2NH/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1312422908&sr=1-1

Dulce (literally means "sweets" in English) Pontes is also a formitable Fado singer and composer for our modern world.  Her latest is:
http://www.amazon.com/Primeiro-Canto-Dulce-Pontes/dp/B00003Q4LO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1312422964&sr=1-1

Here you can read more about Dulce Pontes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Pontes

And here you can read more about Andrea Bocelli:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli

As promised the lyrics of "O Mare E Tu" in Portuguese and English:
Sentir em nos
Sentir em nos
Ulma razao
Para nao ficarmos sos
E nesse abraco forte
Sentir o mar
Na nossa voz,
Chorar como quem sonha
Sempre navegar
Nas velas rubras deste amor
Ao onge a barca louca perde o norte.

Amore mio
Si nun ce stess'o mare e tu
Nun ce stesse manch'io
Amore mio
L'amore esiste quanno nuje
Stamme vicino a dio
Amore

No teu alhar
Um espelho de agua
A vida a navegar
Por entre sonho e a magoa
Sem um adeus sequer.
E namsamente,
Talvez no mar,
Eu veita em espuma encontre
O sol do teu olhar,
Voga ao de leve, meu amor
Ao longe a barca nua
A lodo o pano.

Amore mio
Si nun ce stess'o mare e tu
Nun ce stesse manch'io
Amore mio
L'amore esiste quanno nuje
Stamme vicino a dio
Amore
Amore mio
Si nun ce stess'o mare e tu
Nun ce stesse manch'io
Amore mio
L'amore esiste quanno nuje
Stamme vicino a dio

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Even for us
Even for us
There's a reason
That keeps us here
And if you hold me tight
I'll cry, and I'll cry
Until I'd let myself go and
Moisten you with my tears
The tears of my love
A man lost his heart
In that street.

My love
If the sea and you were not here
I wouldn't be here either
My love
Love exists when
We are close to God
My love

Even for us
Even for us
There's another world
That'll never separate us
And without ever saying goodbye
I'll leave this place,
And you'll be gone
And that's why we'll never part
Nothing
Will take our love away
A man finds his heart
In that street

My love
If the sea and you were not here
I wouldn't be here either
My love,
Love exists when
We are close to God
My love
My love
If the sea and you were not here
I wouldn't be here either
My love
Love exists when
We are close to God
My love.

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