Pa Sempre – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Ne Jah, Rislene

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt Cape Verdean Creole of "Pa Sempre" by Ne Jah and Rislene. This collaborative track beautifully expresses the universal desire for everlasting love, making it a wonderful piece to begin exploring the language and its emotional depth.

[English]

I want to love only you

I vow this open heart, I want to love only you

But I’ve already been through it all

But I am strong, I want to love only you

One day I will be forever, I will have a happy ending

I want to love only you

I vow this open heart, I want to love only you

But I’ve already been through it all

But I am strong, I want to love only you

One day I will be forever, I will have a happy ending

What I created is a guarded feeling

I’ve suffered a lot, my heart is just cold

I’ve suffered a lot, I am suffering

I didn’t want to hurt you, I didn’t love you

What I said was so we could stay together forever

Don’t turn away now

The last word I want you to hear

Stop hurting your partner

The song I knew had no one

What I created is a guarded feeling

I’ve suffered a lot, my heart is just cold

I’ve suffered a lot, I am suffering

I didn’t want to hurt you, I didn’t love you

What I said was so we could stay together forever

Even if I try, I won’t go to the depths of the sea

Like Titanic, where Jack sank

Feelings fall down outside

No, I don’t hide the tears I don’t cry

Even if tonight I send a memory with wind to reach you? But still, I don’t forget you

Everything I had inside has already died

Maybe I already died

We hope, but in the end, we lose everything at sea

But just one life, maybe someone can give it

We look for a place, we write names under the moon

Where it will forever be

I told you, I came out with so much happiness

God gives good people, who have life wisely

Sorry, I already can’t

But I want you to stay, knowing what little was strong for me

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

It was supposed to be forever

[Portuguese]

Bu fla m'o ta ama-m

Bu jura bu abri bóka, u fla-m m'o ta ama-m

Ma dja ka ten volta

Ma mi é bu forsa, u fla-m m'o ta ama-m

Un dia N ta ser pa senpri, ta tinha un final filis

Bu fla m'o ta ama-m

Bu jura bu abri bóka, u fla-m m'o ta ama-m

Ma dja ka ten volta

Ma mi é bu forsa, u fla-m m'o ta ama-m

Un dia N ta ser pa senpri, ta tinha un final filis

U-ki N kria é xinti protejida

Dja N sufri txeu, korason sta so frida

Dja N sufri txeu, mi N sta sofrida

N ka ta aturaba si N ka ta amaba

U-ki N dizejaba é pa nu fika djuntu pa senpri

Dos kabésa ka bali

Últimu palavra ki bu kre ten

Dexa di magua kunpanheru

Kantu ki nu konxi ka tinha ningen

U-ki N kria é xinti protejida

Dja N sufri txeu, korason sta so frida

Dja N sufri txeu, mi N sta sofrida

N ka ta aturaba si N ka ta amaba

U-ki N dizejaba é pa nu fika djuntu pa senpri

Nen s'u kre N ka ta bai ti fundu mar

Skesi Titanic, la ki Jack fodi

Sintimentus konjela baxu luar

Oxi N ta nguli djatu ki N ka skodji

Kantu noti N manda rekadu ku béntu pa N txiga na bo? Ma ti oxi u ka kudi

Tudu ki N tinha dentu dja móri dja

Podi kre ma dja móri

Tantu pa nos, nu rema sen rumu nu perde na mar

Ma nun otu vida, si izisti un Ne talves podi da

Nu ta skodji un lugar, nu ta skreve nomi baxu lua

Undi ta ser pa senpri

Ami N dizeja-u sórti ku txeu felisidadi

Diós ta da-bu bon ómi, k'u ta ten vida sábi

Pamó mi dja N ka podi

Ma N kre pa bu fika ta sabe ma kel poku foi fórti pa mi

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Éra pa serba pa senpri

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for someone
forever /fɔːrˈevər/ B2	adverb - for all time
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood noun - the center of emotions
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ B2	verb - to experience pain or hardship
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true
protected /prəˈtektɪd/ B2	adjective - kept safe from harm
wished /wɪʃt/ B1	verb - past form of wish: to want something
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - to remain in a place
together /təˈɡeðər/ A2	adverb - with each other
word /wɜːrd/ A1	noun - a unit of language
want /wɑːnt/ A1	verb - to desire or need
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a location
happiness /ˈhæpinəs/ B1	noun - the state of being happy
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - time from dawn to dusk
end /end/ A2	noun - the final part verb - to finish

Key Grammar Structures

• U-ki N kria é xinti protejida

  ➔ Subjunctive mood for expressing a wish or hope

  ➔ Uses the subjunctive "kria" to express a hope or wish for protection.

• Potí kre ma dja móri

  ➔ Expressing possibility or potential using "potí kre" (could have)

  ➔ Indicates that something could have happened or can happen, relating to hypothetical or uncertain situations.

• N sta sofrida

  ➔ Use of "sta" as a present tense auxiliary for ongoing action (state of being)

  ➔ The auxiliary "sta" indicates a continuous or current state, similar to 'to be' in the present.

• U fla-m o ta ama-m

  ➔ Use of "ta" as a present continuous tense marker for actions in progress

  ➔ Indicates an ongoing action happening in the present, similar to 'am/are/is' + verb in English.

• Éra pa serba pa senpri

  ➔ Use of "éa" (past tense) combined with infinitives to express purpose or intention

  ➔ Combining "éa" with the infinitive form indicates a desire or purpose to do something in the future or in general.