I’m on a Mario Lucio kick now. This is a great album.
CANTIGA PA PEDRA
(Song to a stone)
Lyrics & music Mário Lúcio
© 2009 Africa Nostra (SACEM)
Pedra pedra
De parduero de obelisco de capela de pirâmide
De jade de xadrez de construçon de vulcon
De enxofre de sal de açucar de um pedrada
De Buda de moinho de mula faca e espada
De espuma de mar de algum lugar de lua
Fundamental divina filosofal preciosa
De Pedro de Sisifo de Jesus de Madalena
Esculpido lascado polido rolado
Ngabado sustedo ncunhado perto de ncunhal
Na sapato na bolso na mon
Riba cabeça
De alicerce
De pula e salta de brinca e trinca
De pedra pardo pa arde
parte
Perto prata pedra ingrata
Chã de Pedra
Pedra contra pedra
Que pena Pedra empena cristal de agua
Baxo de agua mole
Coraçon de pedra
Pedra riba pedra
Pedra simples pedra
Pedra bruta pedra
Brita pedra podre
Grita um pobre podre
Nem ké pa pedra podre
Um pobre pode grita
Pedra pedra
Stone, stone
Of a hovel of an obelisk of a chapel of a pyramid
Of jade of chess of the construction of the volcano
Of sulphur of salt of sugar of hashish
Buddha’s mineral
Of mills for sharp knives and swords
Of the sea’s foam somewhere on the moon
Fundamental, divine, philosophical, precious
Of Saint Peter, Sisyphus, Jesus and Madeleine
Stone, stone
Sculpted chipped polished rolled
Praised supported minted and mounted
In shoes in pockets in hand
Over your head and under your feet
Jumping hopping joking cracking
Brownstone, burning stone
Silverstone shining
Chã de Pedra
Stone against stone
As alone as a crystal of water
Under soft water
There is hard hearth
Stove upon stone
Stone nothing but the stone
Stone brute stone
Gravel brittle stone
One poor man says
Even if it’s just to a brittle stone
A brittle man can scream
Stone, stone