World music with a touch of jazz or jazz with a touch of international spice or simple KabuJazz.
Story behind the song
I am Cape Verdean/American. My Grandparents are from the Cape Verde Islands and I was fully brought up in that culture. However, I have never been there. This songs is a message to Cape Verde that I will get there some day.
Lyrics
Kabu Verdi, Un Dia
(Cape Verde, One Day)
“Candida Rose”/David Ndiaye
© Golden Rose Music
p Cabo Americana Publishing (ASCAP)
Kabu Verdi, un dia
Kabu Verdi, un dia em’ ta chigo na bo
Kabu Verdi, un dia
Kabu Verdi, un dia em’ ta spia na bo
Kabu Verdi, e’ bo ki sta na nha alma
Kabo VerdI, e’ bo ki sta na nha sangi
N kria ku tudu amor di bo na nha korasau
N kria ku dizeju pa odja-bu
Santu Antau, bo e ilia di nha mai
Dja Braba, bo e ilia di nha pai
Nesedu na Merka, ainda N konxe-bu
Ku fe na deus, nha hora pa N bai ta ben
N ta konxe-bu nha terra
N ta odja-bu un dia
Pa N ba brasa-bu, nha terra
Pa N ba beja-bu, un dia
Nha rais
Nha kretxeu
Nha sonhu
Nha alma, Kabu Verdi
English Translation
Cape Verde, one day
Cape Verde, one day, I will come to you
Cape Verde, one day
Cape Verde, one day, I will see you
Cape Verde, it is you that is in my soul
Cape Verde, it is you that is in my blood
I was raised with the love of you in my heart
I grew up wishing to see you
Santo Antao, you are my mother’s island
Brava, you are my father’s island
American born, I don’t yet know you
With faith in God, my time to go will come
I will come find you, my country
I will see you, one day
So I can embrace you, my country
So I can kiss you, one day
My country
My love
My dream
My soul, Cape Verde
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