Sem Amizade Nka Kre FLOR DE ESPERANÇA – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Oh, oh, oh, oh

My desire is to take the path and walk

But step by step, without fatigue

To put my head in place, to organize my life

My destiny wants to call me, but I don’t want to turn back.

Oh, Mileni, don’t turn back.

Every day we kill our partners.

We don’t even look at each other in front of our children.

At night, we leave our partners behind, we swear eternal love.

We try to deceive ourselves.

We don’t want to be second options, we want to be priorities.

Because love isn’t given, it’s conquered.

Years inside our home with fear, on our bed without dreams.

Food on the plate, a knot in the throat, but hunger without desire.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, my mother.

We’re becoming victims of domestic violence.

We don’t give surprises without reason.

A home where partners don’t understand each other is sad.

We have marks on our bodies

Our hearts are broken

We have trauma, we have pain, a deep pain

But not every home fights

But the war between husband and wife isn’t a lie, it’s you who knows.

There’s love, but there are tied walls.

We have love inside a forced home

Because our dreams aren’t realized

Because there’s no disgust, no compromise that oppresses us

Our home is in God’s house, for the love of money.

My people, everyone rushes without patience.

If only we could connect better, without having roots we don’t hear in the womb.

Heart, go where it’s warm, or stay.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

My people, everyone rushes without patience.

We criticize, but we don’t change anything.

Without love, without respect.

Whoever is proud, we don’t insist, it’s not worth it.

Every family is suffering.

The children are exhausted.

Let’s not mistreat our partners

For words of friendship.

Ah! Life is only one, there’s no turning back.

Let’s not abandon our partners.

Ah! Life is only one, there’s no turning back.

We leave behind negative thoughts that bring us suffering.

If it’s to hurt, I don’t want it.

If it’s to call me ‘love’ to deceive me, I don’t want it.

If it’s to hurt, I don’t want it.

To call me ‘darling’ to despise me, I don’t want it.

[Portuguese]

Iai, ai, ai, aian

Nha vontadi é di pega kaminhu pa N anda

Ma na pasu-pasu sen fadiga

Pa N po kabésa na lugar, pa N organiza nha vida

Nha distinu kre txoma-m, ma mi pa tra' N ka kre vira.

Oo, Mileni, pa tras ka bu bira.

Di dia nu ta mata kunpanheru.

Nu ka ta djubi nen na róstu di nos fidju.

Di noti nu ta deta tras di kunpanheru, nu ta jura amor itérnu.

Nu ta tenta ngana nos própi kabésa.

Nu ka kre ser sigundu opson, nu kre ser prioridadi.

Pa amor ka ten mindingadu, ta konkistadu.

Anos dentu nos kaza ku medu, riba nos kama sen sónu.

Kumida na pratu, nó na garganta, mas ku fómi sen vontadi.

Ui, ui, ui, ai, nha mai.

No sa ta ser vítima di violénsia doméstika.

Di nos ka ta da pa spresa sen lágua.

Kaza algen ka ta ntende kunpanheru é tristi.

Nu ten marka na nos korpu

Nos korason sta dispedasadu

Nu ten trauma, nu ten dor, é un dor prufundu

Ma ka ten kaza ki ta briga

Ma guerra di maridu ku mudjer ka ta minti, é bo ke djeru.

Elik ten amor, ma ten muru atadu.

Nu ten amor didentro di um kaza ki ta forsa

Pa nos sonhu ka realiza

Pa ka ten disgostu, ka kel kompromisu ki sta kuprimi-nos

Kaza-nu kista sta na kaza di Deus, pa amor di vo ke morada di dinheru.

Nha genti, gósi tudu mundu sen pasénsia.

Te-bo ke nu ka konxinu midjor, sen ke ten sibol ki nu ka oiu na donda.

Korason ma go-o erdu, ose te saib.

Iai, ai, ai, aian

Nha genti, gósi tudu mundu sen pasénsia.

Nu ta kritika, ma nu ka ta muda nada.

Sen amor, sen respetu.

Ken ta ku orguliu, ka nu nsisti, ka bale péna.

Família tudu sta sufri.

No mininu sta stragadu.

Ka nu maltrata kunpanheru

Pa palavras danti di amizadi.

A! Vida é so un, ka ten di vólta.

Ka nu desa nos kunpanheru.

A! Vida é so un, ka ten di vólta.

Nu dexa pensamentu ruin ki ta trase-nu sufrimentu.

S'é pa maxuka, ami N ka kre.

S'é pa txoma-m di 'amor', pa magua-m, ami N ka kre.

S'é pa maxuka, ami N ka kre.

Pa txoma-m di 'kode', pa dispreza-m, ami N ka kre.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida /ˈvidɐ/ A1	noun - life
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love; deep affection or attachment
dor /doɾ/ A2	noun - pain or suffering (physical or emotional)
violência /vi.oˈlẽs(j)a/ B2	noun - violence; physical force intended to hurt
coração /koɾaˈsãw/ B1	noun - heart; organ or the center of emotion
respeito /ʁeʃˈpejtu/ B1	noun - respect; regard or esteem for others
família /faˈmiʎiɐ/ A2	noun - family; group of related people
sonhu /ˈsoɲu/ B1	noun - dream; vision or aspiration
sofrimento /sofɾiˈmẽtu/ B2	noun - suffering; enduring pain or distress
orgulho /oʁˈguʎu/ B1	noun - pride; feeling of self-respect or arrogance
triste /ˈtɾiʃtɨ/ A2	adjective - sad, unhappy
esperança /ʃpɨˈɾɐ̃sɐ/ B1	noun - hope; expectation of positive outcome
pensamentu /pẽsɐˈmẽtu/ B1	noun - thought, idea, or reflection
organiza /oʁgaˈnizɐ/ B1	verb - to organize, arrange or plan
realiza /ʁealiˈzɐ/ B1	verb - to achieve or accomplish
magua /ˈmaɡwa/ B2	verb - to hurt emotionally, cause sorrow
maxuka /maˈʃuka/ B2	verb - to hurt or wound (physically or emotionally)
força /ˈfoɾsɐ/ A2	noun - strength or force

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Nha vontadi é di pega kaminhu pa N anda]

  ➔ Use of 'é di + infinitive' to express purpose or intention.

  ➔ The phrase 'é di pega' literally means 'is to take', showing that the speaker’s will has a direction or goal: to start a journey.

• [translate:Pa N po kabésa na lugar, pa N organiza nha vida]

  ➔ Use of infinitive clauses with 'pa' to express purpose ('in order to').

  ➔ The repetition of 'pa N...' shows two linked purposes: to get one’s mind right and to organize life.

• [translate:Di dia nu ta mata kunpanheru]

  ➔ Use of 'nu ta + verb' to express habitual action (present tense).

  ➔ The verb form 'nu ta mata' shows that 'we kill' is not a single event but something that happens regularly or symbolically.

• [translate:Nu ka kre ser sigundu opson, nu kre ser prioridadi]

  ➔ Contrastive coordination using negation 'ka' with repetition for emphasis.

  ➔ By saying 'Nu ka kre ser sigundu... Nu kre ser prioridadi', the singer contrasts two desires: rejection of being second, desire for being first.

• [translate:No sa ta ser vítima di violénsia doméstika]

  ➔ Passive construction with 'ta ser + past participle'.

  ➔ ‘Ta ser vítima’ means ‘to be victimized’—a passive form showing the subject undergoes the action instead of doing it.

• [translate:Nos korason sta dispedasadu]

  ➔ Use of 'sta' as auxiliary for ongoing or resultant state.

  ➔ 'Sta dispedasadu' describes the heart being broken as a current emotional state.

• [translate:Kaza-nu kista sta na kaza di Deus]

  ➔ Possessive compounding and locative preposition 'na'.

  ➔ ‘Kaza-nu’ means ‘our house’, with the possessive pronoun attached by a hyphen. ‘Sta na kaza di Deus’ means ‘is in God’s house’.

• [translate:S'é pa maxuka, ami N ka kre]

  ➔ Conditional with 'S'é pa' + verb to express hypothetical rejection.

  ➔ 'S’é pa maxuka, ami N ka kre' means 'If it’s to hurt, I don’t want it.' The condition is unrealized and expresses refusal.