Regresso [English translation]

Old mama, come and hear with me

The beat of the rain there at your gate

It's a friendly hit

Fluttering in my heart

Come, old mama, come and hear with me

Recovers your strength and come to your gate

The friendly rain greets you

and beats within my heart!

The friendly rain, old mama, the rain

That didn't fall since long ago...

I heard that the Cidade Velha* - the entire island -

In a few days already became a garden...

They say that the fields were covered with green

The most beautiful color, which is the color of hope

That land now, even in Cape Verde

- It is the storm that has become bonanza...

Come, old mama, come and hear with me

Recovers your strength and come to your gate

The friendly rain greets you

and beats within my heart!

The friendly rain, old mama, the rain

That didn't fall since long ago...

I heard that the Cidade Velha* - the entire island -

In a few days already became a garden...

They say that the fields were covered with green

The most beautiful color, which is the color of hope

That land now, even in Cape Verde

- It is the storm that has become bonanza...

• Artist:Cesária Évora
• Album:São Vicente di Longe (2001)