‘Havemos de Voltar’

‘Havemos de Voltar’ – I guess most of you never heard this phrase, not if you are in Angola or in a Portuguese speaking country.  I encountered this phrase 4 years ago when I enrolled in a formal Portuguese class lessons, my teacher introduced me these famous lines, she told me these are perhaps the most liked and most phenomenal words ever said or written in the history of Angola. 

‘Havemos de Voltar’ actually a far-famed Angolan poem written by their first president Agostinho Neto which mean in English ‘We Must Return’.  A poem inspired by love of a country ‘Angola’, it illustrates the country’s beauty and abundance of riches and natural resources that Angolans should love and be proud of and return to their motherland wherever they are.

I just thought this one this morning and told myself I have to write about Angola and I think this has brought about my feeling of resurgence of what has been happening in mina lately.  An answered prayer really.  A realization that while there is life, you should not lose hope.

Anyway, below is the poem of ‘Havemos de Voltar’ by Agostinho Neto courtesy of   It is in Portuguese obviously, just use the translator

 

Havemos de voltar

(Agostinho Neto – Pablo Milanés)

Às casas, às nossas lavras
às praias, aos nossos campos
havemos de voltar.Às nossas terras
vermelhas do café
brancas de algodão
verdes dos milharais
havemos de voltar.

Às nossas minas de diamantes
ouro, cobre, de petróleo
havemos de voltar.

Aos nossos rios, nossos lagos
às montanhas, às florestas
havemos de voltar.

À frescura da mulemba
às nossas tradições
aos ritmos e às fogueiras
havemos de voltar.

À marimba e ao quissange
ao nosso carnaval
havemos de voltar.

À bela pátria angolana
nossa terra, nossa mãe
havemos de voltar.

Havemos de voltar
À Angola libertada
Angola independente.

 

 Here is the video of ‘Havemos de Voltar’ by the good manners of Kuribeka where he posted in youtube (www.youtube.com). In the video you can see the entirety of Angola, its people - its natural resources, oil, gas, diamonds, gold you name it! the green scenery and pristine beaches.  Enjoy the music embedded in the video to give a taste of Angola Africa.

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