Happy Birthday, Elba Ramalho!
Source: Prefeitura de Olinda, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
In honor of Elba Ramalho’s 71st birthday, my translation of the Queen of Forró’s hit “Ouro puro” (“Pure Gold”) from her 1991 album “Ao vivo” (“Live”).
“Pure Gold”
Your love is a light
It’s a brilliance in the dark
Pure gold, pure gold
I’m stuck on you
You bewitch me, turn me on
Leave me helpless
Pure gold, pure gold
You give me pleasure
Make me shine, all my wishes
When I’m on your body
Sweating, burning with passion
Come polish me, come melt me
I want to bathe in your kiss
Give you my heart with desire
Love you my whole life
Pure gold
Woo you my whole life
Pure gold
Kiss you my whole life
Give myself to you my whole life