Ojalá (Silvio Rodríguez)

One of the best ever songwriters, one of his best songs by 1969... Ojalá, even if you don't understand a word at all, I suppose you'll feel the beauty inside it.



Link to this video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80ocuvZxmY

Ojalá que las hojas no te toquen el cuerpo cuando caigan
para que no las puedas convertir en cristal.
Ojalá que la lluvia deje de ser milagro que baja por tu cuerpo.
Ojalá que la luna pueda salir sin ti.
Ojalá que la tierra no te bese los pasos.

Ojalá se te acabe la mirada constante,
la palabra precisa, la sonrisa perfecta.
Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto:
una luz cegadora, un disparo de nieve.
Ojalá por lo menos que me lleve la muerte,
para no verte tanto, para no verte siempre
en todos los segundos, en todas las visiones:
ojalá que no pueda tocarte ni en canciones.

Ojalá que la aurora no dé gritos que caigan en mi espalda.
Ojalá que tu nombre se le olvide a esa voz.
Ojalá las paredes no retengan tu ruido de camino cansado.
Ojalá que el deseo se vaya tras de ti,
a tu viejo gobierno de difuntos y flores.

Je lui dirai (Celine Dion)

Celine Dion included this song in the album "1 fille et 4 types", 2003. It is a song about the love for his child. She explains where he come from, what she will teach him, what she expects from him. I specially love this video because I also like Anne Geddes.



Link to this video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpYy6cziKE

Je lui dirai qu'il est de ce pays
Où son grand-père était bûcheron
Que dans son sang l'Orient coule aussi
Que les mélanges font de beaux enfants
Qu'il est fort et bien vivant

Je lui dirai qu'il est né de l'amour
Que nous l'attendions passionnément
Que chaque nuit s'efface au nouveau jour
Qu'il sera grand mais qu'il a bien le temps
Oh dieu qu'il a bien le temps

Et que la vie l'appelle que le monde l'attend
Que la terre est si belle et le ciel est si grand
Qu'il est beau, que je l'aime, qu'il est ma vie, ma joie
Qu'il est un parmi des millions d'humains
Mais bien l'unique pour moi

Je lui dirai qu'ici bas tout s'apprend
Le bien le mal et même le bonheur
Qu'il ne perde jamais ses yeux d'enfant
Devant trop de malheurs et de laideur
Qu'il regarde avec son coeur

Je lui dirai d'être sage et prudent
D'aller frôler les glaces et les feux
Qu'il goûte à tout mais sans jamais dépendre
Que trop peut être pire que trop peu
Oh bien pire que trop peu

Et que la vie l'appelle que le monde l'attend
Que la terre est si belle et le ciel est si grand
Qu'il est beau, que je l'aime, qu'il est ma vie, ma joie
Qu'il est un parmi des millions d'humains
Mais bien l'unique pour moi

Je lui dirai les chansons les poèmes
Qu'il n'y a pas d'amour sans histoire
Que le bonheur est un grain que l'on sème
Qu'amour et santé ne s'achètent pas
Et qu'on n'est riche que de ça

Je lui dirai qu'un jour une autre femme
Viendra l'aimer et qu'il l'aimera
Que j'en mourrai de bonheur et de larmes
Mais que nous serons là pas après pas
Que c'est la vie et sa loi

Et que la vie l'appelle que le monde l'attend
Que la terre est si belle et le ciel est si grand
Qu'il est beau, que je l'aime, qu'il est ma vie, ma joie
Qu'il est un parmi des millions d'humains
Mais bien l'unique pour moi

Qu'il est beau que je l'aime
Qu'au-delà du mystère
Il est ma plus belle raison de vivre
Ma réponse à l'infini

Fly on the wings of love - Olsen Brothers (2000)

One of the best known winner songs of the Eurovision Song Contest. It won in year 2000 performed by Danish The Olsen Brothers. I can remember that this song has been ever covered by XTM featuring Annia, becoming a disco success but I prefer the original one.



Link to this video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEwlSyd7DH4

In the summer nights
When the moon shines bright
Feeling love forever
And the heat is on
When the daylight's gone
Still happy together

There's just one more thing I'd like to add
She's the greatest love I've ever had

Fly on the wings of love
Fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above
Touching the sky

And as time goes by
There's a lot to try
And I'm feelin' lucky
In the softest sand
Smiling hand in hand
Love is all around me
There's just one more thing I'd like to add
She's the greatest love I've ever had

Fly on the wings of love
Fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above
Touching the sky

If you just fly (fly, baby, fly)
Fly on the wings of love (on the wings of love)
Reaching the stars above (fly, baby, fly,)
Touching the sky

Fly on the wings of love
Fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above
Touching the sky

Fly on the wings of love (fly, baby, fly)
Fly, baby, fly (on the wings of love)
Reaching the stars above (fly, baby, fly,)
Touching the sky
If you just fly on wings of love

Força (Nelly Furtado)

Nelly Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer of Portuguese descent. This was the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship. Furtado performed the song at the championship's final in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2004.



Link to this video in YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGuoBQduYsA

It is the passion flowing right on through your veins
And it's the feeling that you're oh so glad you came
It is the moment you remember you're alive
It is the air you breathe, the element, the fire
It is that flower that you took the time to smell
It is the power that you know you got as well
It is the fear inside that you can overcome
This is the orchestra, the rhythm and the drum

Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma força que ninguém pode parar
Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma fome que ninguém pode matar

It is the soundtrack of your ever-flowing life
It is the wind beneath your feet that makes you fly
It is the beautiful game that you choose to play
When you step out into the world to start your day
You show your face and take it in and scream and pray
You're gonna win it for yourself and us today
It is the gold, the green, the yellow and the grey
The red and sweat and tears, the love you go. Hey!

Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma força que ninguém pode parar
Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma fome que ninguém pode matar

Closer to the sky, closer, way up high, closer to the sky
Mais perto do céu, mais perto do céu

Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma força que ninguém pode parar
Com uma força, com uma força
Com uma fome que ninguém pode matar

Chaiyya Chaiyya (Shahrukh Khan y Malaika Arora)

The full length of this song is used in the Hollywood Movie "Inside Man" by Spike Lee with Denzel Washington. Great video and song. It was originally featured in the Hindi film Dil Se directed by Mani Ratnan. The song was composed by film composer A. R. Rahman in 1998.



Link to this video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40lEUkkqh4I

Thanks to Otomano

Desert Rose (Sting feat. Cheb Mami)

Another great duet, a mix of two cultures: the English pop of Sting and the French-Argelian Cheb Mami, doing a great job together. They both define it as a romantic song of longing.



Link to this video in YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHkj-uSt_Y

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire
These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Sweet desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower
This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of her love

Nobody's Wife (Anouk)

First of all, we will travel to the Netherlands, to remind a song that makes me stonger any time I listen to it. If you feel curious about this singer:
Anout's official web



Link to this video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPPp0zE-6Q

I'm sorry for the times that I made you scream
for the times that I killed your dreams
for the times that I made your whole world rumble

for the times that I made you cry
for the times that I told you lies
for the times that I watched and let you stumble

It's too bad, but that's me
what goes around comes around, you'll see
that I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
and when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife

I'm sorry for the times that I didn't come home
left you lyin' in that bed alone
was flyin' high in the sky when you needed my shoulder

you're like a stone hangin' round my neck, see
cut it loose before it breaks my back, see
I've gotta say what I feel before I grow older

I'm sorry but I ain't gonna change my ways
you know I've tried but I'm still the same
I've got to do it my own way

It's too bad, but hey, that's me
what goes around comes around, you'll see
that I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
and when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, I, I'll never be nobody's wife

It's too bad, but hey, that's me
what goes around comes around, you'll see
that I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
and when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, I, I'll never be nobody's wife