Canção do Povo

Canção do Povo (Song of The People) is a song in Grandia II. It is written in Portuguese, but the pronounciation has a distinct and strong Japanese accent.

Translation notes
Please, keep in mind that the lyrics are phrased in very unusual ways similar to what one would find in religious texts and finally, have some expressions that simply cannot be reproduced in English. The notes hopefully will explain those points better.


 * The verb louvar has a strong religious undertone in Portuguese that may or may not be intended.
 * Madrugada refers to the time between midnight and sunrise, dawn is the closest English equivalent.
 * Céu can either be sky or Heaven.
 * Rejubilo is technically a noun, but "rain of the rejoicing" sounds terrible.
 * The line about a small seed can have a different meaning, just by shifting a comma one word to the left and changing pequena, "small", to the masculine form (ending with o rather than a). Rather than "a small seed, a big desire", it would be read as "a seed, small desire, big".
 * The next line is gramatically broken; literally, 'you (the ones listening) will convey, song of the people'. By changing the verb to the singular form, transmita, the song becomes the subject of the phrase. "Song of the people, convey cordial strenght" would make more sense, adding the article "a" to "Trasmitam a canção do povo" (Convey the song of the people) would make it grammatically correct.