Oh sea
Please calm your waves and let me go
Please let me go see my land once more
Please let me save my Mother, oh sea
Blue sea, slowly rise your tide
Full moon, give me light on my way
so I can go to my land
Go to my little São Vicente1
and hug my love...
Oh sea
The years pass by and time flies
The sun comes up and the moon leaves the sky
And I'm still away from my land...
Oh Sea
1. São Vicente is the island where the singer was born. It's one of the ten major islands that comprises the Cape Verde archipelago.