12. Preteksto
Music: Sergio Amaris
Lyrics: Izaline Calister

As appeared on cd ‘Speransa’ (May 2009)
12. Pretext
English translation

I

E ta den su mirada
Mi ta sintiele ora mi drumi
Pegá kant’i su lomba
Ku lastu tempu e no ke ta ku mi

Oranan den silensio
Kòmbersashonnan ineksplikabel
Será den kamber
I e n’ ke kontami ki ta pasando

Nunka e no tin tempu pa sinta kome
Pa bai un sine òf sali bai keiru
Pasobra semper e ta trahando

Bo n’ por splikami amiga, ta ki a kambié
I por fabor no bisami mihó mi lag’é

KORO
Djis inventá un preteksto dunami
Un speransa chikí pa yudami
Kalma e miedu ku tin den mi pechu
Ku mi t’ei pèrdè un parti di mi

Ai amiga mi sa mi ta kore
P’un bèrdat ku sigur ta bai morde
Pero si bo stimami un tiki
I bo ke pa mi ta felis

Djis kontami un historia kreibel
Konvensemi ku ta imposibel
Ku di gòlpi su amor ta di un otro
I k’e ta bai for di mi

II

Ainda mi ta kòrda
Kon nos a start ku nos aventura
Sin pasenshi pa warda
Henter anochi nos por a dura

Nos tabata famoso
Pa diskushonnan profundo i bibu tené den outo
Miéntras ku oranan ta pasando

Hest’un amor glorioso
i awó n’ tin nada i mi n’ por kere ku nos bida huntu
di e maner’akí ta kabando

Bo n’ por splikami amiga, ta ki a pas’é
i por fabor no bisami mihó mi puntr’é

KORO
Djis inventá un preteksto dunami
Un speransa chikí pa yudami
Kalma e miedu ku tin den mi pechu
Ku mi t’ei pèrdè un parti di mi

Ai amiga mi sa mi ta kore
P'un bèrdat ku sigur ta bai morde
Pero si bo stimami un tiki
I bo ke pa mi ta felis

Djis kontami un historia kreibel
Konvensemi ku ta imposibel
Ku di gòlpi su amor ta di un otro
I k’e ta bai for di mi


I

It’s in his eyes
And I can feel it when in bed
I crawl up against his back
These days he’s avoiding me

Hours of silence
Secret conversations
Behind the closed bedroom door
And no explanations

He never has time to have dinner with me
To go to the movies or just go out
Because he’s always working

Girlfriend, can’t you explain what has changed him
And please don’t tell me it’s best to let him go

CHORUS
Just think of an excuse
Tell me something that gives me hope
That soothes and calms the fear inside
Of loosing a part of me

Oh, girlfriend, I know I am running
From a very painful truth
But if you love me just a little
And you want to see me happy

Tell me a credible story
Convince me that it is impossible
That suddenly he loves someone else
And that he wants to leave me

II

I still remember
How we started our adventure
We were impatient
And lasted all night long

We were famous
for the intense and lively discussions we had in the car
While the hours passed by

What a glorious love
Now there’s nothing left and I cannot believe our life together
Is ending like this

Girlfriend, can’t you explain what has happened
And please, don’t tell me I’d better ask him

CHORUS
Just think of an excuse
Tell me something that gives me hope
That soothes and calms the fear inside
Of loosing a part of me

Oh, girlfriend, I know I am running
From a very painful truth
But if you love me just a little
And you want to see me happy

Tell me a credible story
Convince me that it is impossible
That suddenly he loves someone else
And that he wants to leave me