Nada Ka Ta Derubam – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Freirianas Guerreiras

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I won't give up

I won't lose hope

I won't give up

I won't lose hope

In our world, life is difficult

Everything is complicated, but nothing is impossible

If you have your dream, you have to fight a lot

Don't give up, persist

Your hope and faith, you will achieve everything you want

I have many goals to set, many dreams to realize

The more I stumble, the more I want to keep going

Those who suffer will win, passing through pain has already told me it's not death

I will never lose my faith, because everything has its tide

I won't give up

I won't lose hope

I won't give up

I won't lose hope

There are difficulties - oh, there are difficulties

There are ups and downs - oh, there are ups and downs

I won't let anyone tell me that I can't

Focus on me, without expecting anything from anyone

Faith in God and belief in Christ

Father, Son, Holy Spirit, nothing can stop me

I won't let - The Lord in heaven accompanies me

Nothing will bring me down - my mother's blessing protects me

Nothing will bring me down - my guardian angel watches over me

Nothing will bring me down - Jesus in my heart

Nothing will - bring me down

Nothing will - won't bring me down

But nothing will - won't bring me down

Uia, nothing will - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will - bring me down

But nothing will br- - won't bring me down

Nothing will - won't bring me down

But nothing will br- - will bring me down

Oh! my people

There are moments in life that make you want to

Give up on everything

But as I know where I come from and where I want to go

Difficulties don't make me stop on the road

Nor the long road makes me not reach my destination

It's me, it's me

Placed on the rock but won't fall, placed in the light but won't burn

Nothing can stop me

It's me, it's me

They try to kill me but I don't die

Get up with your feet planted to come and play tradition

To come and play - to come and play tradition

To come and play - to come and play tradition

To come and play - to come and play tradition

To come and play - to come and play tradition

Play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Play - tradition

Come, let's come play - tradition

Look, let's come play - tradition

Come, let's come play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Oh, let me play - tradition

Oh, let me play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

Uia, let me play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

Lejemea, put me that thing that tutun tutun tutun tutun tutun

Iuu!

That's exactly it

To jump

Play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Play - tradition

Come, let's come play - tradition

Look, let's come play - tradition

Come, let's come play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Get up and play - tradition

Oh, let me play - tradition

Oh, let me play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

Uia, let me play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

Uia, but I want to play - tradition

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[Portuguese]

N ta ka dizisti

N ka ta perde speransa

N ta ka dizisti

N ka ta perde speransa

Na nos mundu oxi vida sta difísi

Tudu konplikadu, mas nada ka inpusível

Si bu ten bu sonhu, bu ten ki luta txeu

Ka bu dizisti, nsisti

Bu speransa i fe bu ta konsigi tudu kel ki bu kre

N teni txeu métas pa N trasa, txeu sonhus pa N rializa

Pa más ki N tropess, más mi N kre sigi

Kenha ki sufri tudu ta vensi, pasa mal dja fladu m'é ka mórti

Nunka N ka ta perde nha fe, pamodi tudu ten si maré

N ta ka dizisti

N ka ta perde speransa

N ta ka dizisti

N ka ta perde speransa

Difikuldadi ten - ui, difikuldadi ten

Altus i baxu ten - ui, altus i baxus ten

N ka ta dexa ningen fla-m ma N ka pode

Fóku na mi, sen spera nada di ningen

Fe na Deus ku xintidu na Kristu

Pai, Fidju, Spirtu Santu, nada ka pode para-m

N ka ta dexa - Nhordé na séu ta kunpanha-m

Nada ka ta diruba-m - benson di nha mai ta proteje-m

Nada ka ta diruba-m - anju da guarda ta guarda-m

Nada ka ta diruba-m - Jezús na nha korason

Nada ka - ta diruba-m

Nada ka - ka ta diruba-m

Ma nada ka - ka ta diruba-m

Uia, nada ka - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka - ta diruba-m

Ma nada ka ta di- - ka ta diruba-m

Nada ka - ka ta diruba-m

Ma nada ka ta di- - ta diruba-m

A! mosinhus

Ten mumentus na vida ki ta da-u vontadi para

Po-u dizisti di tudu

Mas kómu N sabe di undi N ben i undi ki N kre bai

Difikuldadi ka ta po-m para na kaminhu

Nin kaminhu lonji ka po-m ka txiga nha distinu

É mi, é mi

Podu na rótxa ma ka tonba, podu lumi ma ka kema

Nada ka pode para-m

É mi, é mi

Tenta matadu ma ka móre

Labanta ku pe finkadu pa ben brinka tradison

Pa ben brinka - pa ben brinka tradison

Pa ben brinka - pa ben brinka tradison

Pa ben brinka - pa ben brinka tradison

Pa ben brinka - pa ben brinka tradison

brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

brinka - tradison

Ben nu ben brinka - tradison

Odja nu ben brinka - tradison

Ben nu ben brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

O, ma dexa-m brinka - tradison

O, nhos dexa-m brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Uia, dexa-m brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Lejemea, pu-m kel kuza ki ta tutun tutun tutun tutun tutun

Iuu!

É kel-la própi

Pa pula

brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

brinka - tradison

Ben nu ben brinka - tradison

Odja nu ben brinka - tradison

Ben nu ben brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

Labanta nu brinka - tradison

O, ma dexa-m brinka - tradison

O, nhos dexa-m brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Uia, dexa-m brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Uia, ma N kre brinka - tradison

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
speransa /spɛˈɾɐ̃sɐ/ B1	noun - hope
luta /ˈlutɐ/ B1	noun - struggle, fight verb - to fight, to struggle
fé /ˈfɛ/ B1	noun - faith
dizisti /diˈzisti/ B1	verb - to give up, to desist
perde /ˈpɛɾdɛ/ A2	verb - to lose
mundo /ˈmũdu/ A2	noun - world
komplikadu /kõpliˈkadu/ B2	adjective - complicated
sonhu /ˈsõnu/ B1	noun - dream
kre /kɾɛ/ A2	verb - to believe, to create
meta /ˈmɛtɐ/ B1	noun - goal
tropess /tɾɔˈpɛs/ B1	verb - to stumble, to fall
sigi /ˈsiɡi/ A2	verb - to continue
sufri /suˈfɾi/ B1	verb - to suffer
vensi /vẽˈsi/ B1	verb - to overcome, to win
maré /maˈɾɛ/ A2	noun - tide, moment
diruba /diˈɾuba/ B1	verb - to destroy, to ruin
fóku /ˈfoku/ B2	noun - focus
kuza /ˈkuza/ A2	noun - thing

Key Grammar Structures

• N ta ka dizisti

  ➔ Future tense with emphasis on negation

  ➔ The phrase uses the future tense marker "ta" and the negative marker "ka" to express a firm decision not to give up. It's a Cabo Verdean Creole construction.

• Si bu ten bu sonhu, bu ten ki luta txeu

  ➔ Conditional clause and verb "ten" (to have), followed by "ki" + infinitive (to have to/must)

  ➔ This sentence structure is a conditional sentence. It expresses that "if you have your dream, you have to fight a lot." The "ki" construction indicates necessity.

• Kenha ki sufri tudu ta vensi, pasa mal dja fladu m'é ka mórti

  ➔ Relative clause, future tense "ta" and perfective aspect marker "dja"

  ➔ This sentence features a relative clause "Kenha ki sufri tudu" (Whoever suffers everything) and the future tense "ta vensi" (will win). "Pasa mal dja fladu m'é ka mórti" means "suffering is already mentioned, it is not death", using the perfective aspect marker "dja" to show the suffering has already occurred.

• Nunka N ka ta perde nha fe, pamodi tudu ten si maré

  ➔ Double negation, future tense, and the phrase "tudu ten si maré" (everything has its tide/time)

  ➔ Uses double negation "Nunka N ka" (Never I not) to strongly emphasize "I will never lose my faith." "Tudu ten si maré" is a proverb expressing that everything happens in its own time.

• Nada ka ta diruba-m - benson di nha mai ta proteje-m

  ➔ Future tense with negation and possessive construction

  ➔ This line uses the future tense with negation "ka ta diruba-m" (will not bring me down) and the possessive construction "benson di nha mai" (my mother's blessing).

• Difikuldadi ka ta po-m para na kaminhu

  ➔ Future tense with negation and verb "po" (to put/allow)

  ➔ Uses the future tense with negation "ka ta po-m" (will not allow me) and the verb "po" (to put or allow) to state "difficulties will not stop me on my path."

• É mi, é mi

  ➔ Emphasis using repetition

  ➔ Simple repetition to emphasize the self or identity; "It's me, it's me."

• Podu na rótxa ma ka tonba, podu lumi ma ka kema

  ➔ Parallel structure using the verb "podu" (can/able to) and negation.

  ➔ The sentences "Podu na rótxa ma ka tonba" (Can stand on the rock but not fall) and "Podu lumi ma ka kema" (Can see the light but not burn) use a parallel structure to emphasize strength and resilience. "Podu" means "can" or "able to", and the negation "ka" reinforces the impossibility.