umbertino Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Toquinho ( left...moustache guy), guitarist and collaborator of Music Composer Vinicius De Moraes-RIP . Gilberto Gil ( right) , Musician, Composer and Secretary of Culture in the Lula Gov't. Itapua' is a nice (I happened to be there a few years ago) neighborhood in Salvador ( beautiful city, Brazil's 3rd ), Bahia state I'm personally saddened by the fact they now have a fascist as president ( Jair Bolsonaro).... Ironic given the fact Brazil had already gone through a period of about 20 years of fascist military dictatorship ( beginning in the 60's until the first years of the 80's....Tancredo Neves was the 1st democratically elected president...He died after 1 or 2 years for natural causes...) Just a few months ago president Bolsonaro decided to celebrate the day of the beginning of the fascist authoritarian military dictatorship ( which he shamelessly deems it the best period for Brazil....) which started in 1964 and lasted until 1985...Unbelievable...... The old bathroom floor A day to do nothing A sea that has no end And the setting sun in the air Afterwards in Caymmi square feeling laziness in the body On a wicker grass mat drinking coconut juice, it’s good To pass an afternoon in Itapuã The Sun that glows in Itapuã Hearing the sea in Itapuã speaking of love in Itapuã While the sea rises A little green cloud of a leaf To increase the sweetness With a rum cork And a forgotten look The sky meets sea Slowly, you going to feel good The whole Earth turns, It’s good To pass an evening in Itapuã The Sun that glows in Itapuã Hearing the sea in Itapuã speaking of love in Itapuã Afterwards feeling the chill Of the wind that the night brings And to say that's said that it’s soft That produce of the coconut trees And that serene space Without yesterday and neither tomorrow To sleep in the arms of a dark-haired woman Under the moon of Itapuã It’s good To pass an evening in Itapuã The Sun that glows in Itapuã Hearing the sea in Itapuã speaking of love in Itapuã Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Watercolor ( I love this one...Somehow moving...Beautiful music & lyrics imo...) In a sheet of paper I draw an yellow-coloured sun And with five or six straight lines I easily draw a castle I run the pencil to countour my fingers and I get myself a glove on the paper. And if I draw the rain , By just stroking two dashes, I easily get an umbrella If a little drop of paint drips on a blue portion of my draw For an instant, I imagine it to be a beautiful gull, flying in the sky And she flies on and on Contouring a huge line over the horizont, From the north to the south. And I'm flying along with her Over Hawaii Beijing or Istanbul. I paint a sailboat, which is smoothly sailing away There's so much of the sky and sea's immensity into the blue-green colour Through the clouds a beautiful airplane in pink and granate is comming over With its colours, it cheerfully tinges all around, as it passes by and its lights blink vividly With a bit of imagination, I see it taking off, quietly and beautifully And if you want I can make it land In any sheet of paper, I draw a sail, leaving the quay, With me and some of my friends in it Drinking and having a good time, all in peace with life From America to America*, I can easily travel in a blink. I just turn a compass around and with a circle I draw the world . A boy is walking on and on as he reaches a wall Over this wall, not too far from it, the future is waiting for us And the future is a spaceship Which we try to drive. But the future is always hurried and merciless. There's no right time for it to come, And without asking or warning us, It just changes our lives And then it beckons us to cry or laugh together Along this road, it's not our duty to know or see what's comming to us No one surely knows where it's heading us to We're just going on the way Crossing a beautiful footbridge Painted in watercolour which someday will fade after all In a sheet of paper, I draw an yellow-coloured sun (which will fade someday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Youtube image: Capoeira (once, in the time of slavery, a wrestling style. Now a dance typical of Salvador, Bahia, Gilberto's hometown) performers I happened to see it live as it's everywhere in Salvador.....Impressive in the least the sync in which they move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 From Japan In the past there used to be a strong immigration of Japanese People to Brazil...Through the years and decades that has created long and lasting friendships between Brazilians and descendants of Japanese Immigrants ( then perfectly integrated in the Country)... Therefore there's a lot of Brazilians traveling each year to Japan (they get invited to visit, etc.).....So I was told when I visited Brazil...There's a strong relationship between the 2 Nations which I deemed interesting.....Especially because the 2 Countries couldn't be more different...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Attach your plow to a star (beautiful imo) Unable so far to find an online translation ( of this one and others by Gilberto) I speak some Portuguese ...Just some though....I deem it a beautiful language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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