Ponta de Areia, End of the Line

Published: July 3, 2020, 10 a.m.

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SONG CREDITS:
Ponta de Areia
Elis
Elis Regina
1974

Minas
Milton Nascimento 
1975

Native Dancer
Wayne Shorter
1975

Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme)
All ‘N All
Earth, Wind & Fire
1977

Boca Livre
Boca Livre
1979

Silvana Malta Group
Crave e Canela
2001

Esperanza Spalding 
Esperanza
2008 


Ponta de Areia
Ponta de areia, ponto final
Da Bahia à Minas, estrada natural
Que ligava Minas ao porto, ao mar
Caminho do ferro mandaram arrancar
Velho maquinista com seu boné
Lembra o povo alegre que vinha cortejar
Maria Fumaça, não canta mais
Para moças, flores, janelas e quintais
Na praça vazia, um grito um ai
Casas esquecidas, viúvas nos portais

 

Ponta de areia (Sand Point), last stop
Of the Bahia-Minas, a natural road
That connected Minas to the sea and its ports
Iron road that they ordered to be ripped out
The old conductor with his cap
Remembers the joyful, simple people he used to greet
The steam locomotive that doesn’t sing anymore
To the ladies, flowers and backyards
At the empty public square, a scream, an “ouch”
Forgotten old houses that became widows at the cities’ portals