Bob Dylan: “Mozambique”

A homenagem do nosso blogue ao último Prémio Nobel de Literatura, Bob Dylan, a imagem inicial é a capa do seu álbum LP “Desire” de 1975 que contêm a faixa Mozambique.

Curioso que os avós paternos do Robert Allen Zimmerman (nome de nascença de Bob Dylan), Zigman e Anna Zimmerman, emigraram para os EUA de Odessa (Ucrânia) e os seus avós maternos, Benjamin e Lybba Edelstein, eram judeus lituanos que chegaram à América em 1902.

Mozambique

I like to spend some time in Mozambique

The sunny sky is aqua blue

And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek

It's very nice to stay a week or two

And fall in love just me and you.

There's a lot of pretty girls in Mozambique

And plenty time for good romance

And everybody likes to stop and speak

To give the special one you seek a chance

Or maybe say hello with just a glance.

Lying next to her by the ocean

Reaching out and touching her hand

Whispering your secret emotion

Magic in a magical land.

And when it's time for leaving Mozambique

To say goodbye to sand and sea

You turn around to take a final peek

And you see why it's so unique to be

Among the lovely people living free

Upon the beach of sunny Mozambique.