Madona
MADONA
Vierge de la mer,
toi qui me tends les bras.
Sainte aux voiles d'or,
je crois encore en toi.
Toi la vierge noire
aux mains gantées de lumière.
Dis-moi que la mer
sera clémente pour moi.
Les femmes du port,
qui guettent le ciel lourd,
les femmes aux voiles noires,
aux ailes de vautour
on vit au ciel des morts
passer sa barque frivole:
dis-moi que les femmes du port
sont des folles.
Madona, Madona.
Refrain (deux fois)
Ramène dans le port
la voile blanche de mes amours.
Réveille dans mon cœur
la foi brûlante des beaux jours.
Ne me dites pas
qu'il est trop loin pour m'entendre!
Je vois son visage
quand je ferme les yeux.
Vierge de la mer,
Prends garde à mon chagrin.
Si l'orage est plus fort
que ton regard divin,
au village on dira
que tu n'es pas notre mère.
Que tu n'es que statue de bois
sans mystère.
Madona, Pardonne.
Refrain (deux fois)
Vers toi notre prière monte.
("Barco Negro" (Caco Velho-Piratini) - Marc Lanjean) - 1956
Virgin of the sea,
whose arms are stretched out to me.
Saint of the gold veils,
I still believe in you.
You are the black virgin*,
your hands gloved in light.
Tell me that the sea
will show clemency to me.
The women of the port**,
who espy the heavy sky,
the women in their black veils,
their vultures' wings,
saw in the sky of the dead
his light boat pass:
tell me that the women of the port
are all crazy.
Madona, Madona
Refrain (twice)
Bring back to the port
the white veil of my loves.
Awake in my heart
the burning faith of my youth.
Don't tell me
that he is too far away to hear me!
I see his face
when I close my eyes.
Virgin of the sea,
be careful of my sorrow.
If the storm is stronger
than your divine gaze,
in the village they will say
that you are not our mother.
That you are but a statue of wood
devoid of mystery.
Madona, Forgive!
Refrain (twice)
Towards you our prayer rises.
*The black virgin: she did not have a husband.
**Fishermen's wives.
Caco Velho-Piratini) Adapt. Marc Lanjean - 1956
Transcribed by Charles A. Mitchem-Diago
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