Star is the new moon | Star from the sky is the new moon

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sarah Daughtrey, Lucy Zollner

Estrella é lua nova

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Estrella do céu é lua nova
cravejada de ouro ma kumbêbê,
Óia ma kumbêbê,
Óia ma kumbaribá.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959), "Estrella é lua nova", subtitle: "Canto fetiche de Makumba", W 158 no. 5 (1919-29), published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Canções típicas brasileiras, no. 5, Paris: Max-Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Ster is de nieuwe maan", subtitle: "Bezweringslied van de Makumba, ", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sarah Daughtrey) (Lucy Zollner) , "Star is the new moon", subtitle: "Makumba Fetish song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sarah Daughtrey

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 17

Star is the new moon

Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)

Star from the sky is the new moon
studded gold, ma kumbêbê
Óia ma kumbêbê,
Óia ma kumbaribá.

Subtitle: "Makumba Fetish song"

Note: "ma kumbêbê" and the following lines are Yoruba candomblé text.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Portuguese (Português) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-05
Line count: 4
Word count: 18