2000 - O ESTRANGEIRO / BADAGRY BEACH

Música y letra: Caetano Veloso

Versión en inglés: Ben Onono

Mongo Park

The explorer loved the light of Badagry Beach

Singer Fela Kuti sang of the lights and the noise in her city air of Badagry Beach

Portuguese sailors found trade on the malarious shores of Badagry Beach

Rusty shackles remain and bare testament of what went before

And I, if I knew her less, would I love her more?

‘Cos when I get to close to her

Is when I can't see the beauty of her anymore

A masquerade, a beggar man, an Iroko tree, palm wine, a coral snake

Badagry was one of those beautiful and deadly things at the same time

Down by the mission under the Agia tree of Badagry Beach

And I wonder to myself how many secrets she holds and will never let show

And as I walk along her golden shore line

Diesel oil and sand under my feet

Washed by the tides that came before and come again

Harmattan winds are blowing

Harmattan winds are blowing

Spirits that swirl in the dust devils and disappear

A loneliness that is continental wanders far and wide

A loneliness that is an inward thing

Can rock itself to sleep every night

And I, if I knew her less, would I love her more?

If I knew her less, would I love her more?

‘Cos when I get too close to her

Is when I can't see the beauty of her anymore

 
2000 - BEN ONONO

Badagry Beach - Versión en inglés: Ben Onono

Album “Badagry Beach”

Polydor CD BEN06, Track 7. [Inglaterra]

2002 - BEN ONONO

Badagry Beach – Versión en inglés: Ben Onono

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Álbum “Badagry Beach”

Ibadan Records 1 sided 12” nº IRC 048, Side A. [Promocional, EE. UU.]