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"Quarta-Feira"

Copyright 2013, Tano Music

Words & Music by Tom Sperrazzo

QUARTA-FEIRA de manha

Quaresma comeca

Os dias pra limpar.

 

Deus querendo nos chamar

Entao devemos preparar

Pra a Pascua a chegar

 

Recebemos cinzas

Fazemos oracao

Senhor convinte conversao!

 

QUARTA-FEIRA de manha

Precisamos celebrar

O que Deus tem pra nos dar

 

 

 

English Translation:

Wednesday morning

Lent begins

Days for cleaning.

God is wanting to call us

So we must prepare

For Easter to come.

We receive ashes,

We make prayers,

The Lord invites us to conversion.

Wednesday morning

We must celebrate

What God has to give us.

 

 

 

Song facts:

  • Written for 2013 February Album Writer's Month (FAWM) challenge

  • Carnival samba celebrating the coming of Ash Wednesday (quarta-feira in Portuguese)

  • My apologies for improper/incomprehensible Portuguese lyric in the original!

Original Recording

(with questionable Portuguese lyric

00:00 / 02:46

2026 Recording, via SUNO

With better lyric

00:00 / 02:42
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