Saturday, April 24, 2010

Mariza - Maria Lisboa

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  1. SusanneApril 24, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    This song is about a woman, Maria Lisboa, but this “woman” is, in fact, the city of Lisbon.


    Maria Lisboa

    É varina, usa chinela,
    (she) is a varina (1), and wears chinela (2)

    Tem movimentos de gata,
    (she) moves like a cat

    Na canastra (3), a caravela,
    In the basket, (she carries) the caravel

    No coração, a fragata.
    in her heart, (she carries) the frigate

    Em vez de corvos no xaile,
    Instead of ravens on the shawl

    Gaivotas vêm pousar.
    sea-gulls came to lay down.

    Quando o vento a leva ao baile,
    When the wind takes her to the ball

    Baila no baile com o mar.
    (she) dances at the ball with the see.

    É de conchas o vestido,
    (her) dress is made of shells

    Tem algas na cabeleira,
    (she) has seaweed on her hair

    E nas veias o latido
    And in her veins, (has) the bark

    Do motor duma traineira.
    of the engine of a traineira (4).

    Vende sonhos e maresia,
    (she) sells dreams and the smell of the sea

    Tempestades apregoa (5).
    (she) announces (5) storms

    Seu nome próprio: Maria,
    her first name: Maria

    Seu apelido: Lisboa.
    Her surname: Lisboa


    1 - Varina: a woman that sells fish
    2 - Chinela: old shoe, a kind of slipper
    3 - Canastra: a basket of thin strips of wood. The women carried this kind of basket, sometimes on their heads, when they went on to the streets to sell fish
    4 - Traineira: traditional boat for fishing
    5 - Apregoa/announces: the verb is apregoar – to announce with a cry (the women did it to announce the fish they were selling)

    Raven: this is the symbol of Lisbon, because of the legend of Saint Anthony.

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