Cesária evora sodade lyrics
The Morna is already officially Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Morna, popularized by artists such as Bana, Cesária Évora, Tito Paris or Ildo Lobo, is the music of poets and composers such as B.Leza (Francisco Xavier da Cruz), Manuel D´Novas and Eugénio Tavares. Written in Creole, with at least 200 years of history, it has been a song for the challenge, intervention music and window to the pain of a country hit by centuries of colonization, famine, poverty and massive emigration.
"We were saying goodbye to a group of friends who were going to Sao Tome and at the farewell I made this song," she (Cesária) recalled at the time. Hence the letter: "Quem mostro'b Ess caminho longe? / Quem mostro'b Ess caminho longe p São Tomé?". Who means "Who do show you this way far away? / Who do show you this way far away to Sao Tome?".
At that time, farewells were common and very exciting, as many Cape Verdeans did not return from Sao Tome's cocoa and coffee fields.
Fifty years later, the warm Sôdade is considered Cape Verde's most iconic song. Today, this word gives its name to bars and clubs and even Cape Verdean music magazines and turtles.
Song by various Cape Verdean artists and other national artists, Sodade reflects one of the main characteristics of Cape Verdean music: nostalgia and love for the country and the "have to go and want to stay" dilemma.
