islands of haze

Outside the fog daces in the air and the wet ground begins to smell like Fall.
And the soul of the islander starts to feel nostalgic.
In our lives, in the film produced by each of us, is a song, lyrics that are not ours, but it is as if, as we know how to sing ... because we know to use it! In peace on the islands of haze lies an unknown roadmap designed in the tone of a deaf voice and in the agility with which the ropes move stretched by the forgotten promise... the "Feature Film" of our lives!

Islands of Haze
(lyrics translation)

I still feel my feet on the square
Where my grandparents danced the "Pezinho"*
The beautiful "Aurora"* and the "Sapateia"*
As in my veins run black basalt
And in memory volcanoes and earthquakes

That’s why I am from the islands of haze
Where the seagulls go kiss the earth

If in my eyes I bring the rock of the waves
The look is the sweetness of lagoons
As I bring the tenderness of hydrangeas
In the heart the burning of the volcanoes

That’s why I am from the islands of haze
Where the seagulls go kiss the earth

As in my veins run black basalt
In the heart the burning of the volcanoes
The immense sea fills my soul
And I have green, so much green to indicate me hope.

The music and lirycs of this song are from Manuel Medeiros Ferreira

This is a free translation by me

*Azorean Folklore Song