Brazil’s beloved Elis Regina sings Eu Quero Uma Casa No Campo.
It seems more than appropriate for libertarians interested in getting off-grid.
The video clip is from the Serra Negra, Bezerros, in Pernambuco in the North East of Brazil. The translation is mine and probably really wrong on a couple of things, but I couldn’t find anything else on the net.
Eu quero uma casa no campo
Eu quero uma casa no campo
I want a cottage in the country
Onde eu possa compor muitos rocks rurais
Where I can write a lot of country rock
E tenha somente a certeza
And have only the certainty
Dos amigos do peito e nada mais
Of close friends and nothing more
Eu quero uma casa no campo
I want a cottage in the country
Onde eu possa ficar no tamanho da paz
Where I can find a bit of peace
E tenha somente a certeza
And have only the certainty
Dos limites do corpo e nada mais
Of the limits of my body and nothing more
Eu quero carneiros e cabras
I want sheep and goats
Pastando solenes no meu jardim
Grazing solemnly in my garden
Eu quero o silêncio das línguas cansadas
I want the silence of tongues that have grown tired….
More here.
off topic… YOU ARE A TREASURE !
just discovered this
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rajiva/rajiva-arch.html
and the archives on dissident voice
kudos, blessings, thx and cheers
You’re very kind..
Now Elis is what I call a treasure..
Thank you Lila. One of the things I most appreciate about your blog is not only the diversity of well written material, but gems such as this one.
This song and the beautiful visuals tug on the heart.
Great translation.
Great vision.
Thanks.
I did the rest of it too, but it made the post too long.
“Coca legal” in the stanza I didn’t publish had me stumped for a while, but a friend told me that it’s an idiom that means intelligent or open-minded and has nothing to do with legal drugs..
Everyone tells me that the way to blog is to focus on a narrow topic and not go footloose and fancy free. But, one, sometimes narrowness makes you lose perspective. Two, political writing should be more than pushing an agenda, in my opinion at least. It should be a bit of a chat. The old coffee house is the idea…