Sunday, November 28, 2021
Acalanto pronunciation
There is one performance of this piece but is fast and audio poor at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3HJ2VmTB_s
which was performed in Brazil so may be accurate for the pronunciation (maybe not the notes)
Other Websites that have been useful include
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/portuguese-word-terra.html
you can use to check pronunciation (but is not necessarily Brazilian portugese)
https://speechling.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-learning-brazilian-portuguese-pronunciation/
https://omniglot.com/writing/portuguese.htm
which has a nice little audio to get the sound difference between European and Brazilian forms
Some words very similar to other European languages in pronunciation and meaning so
- Brilha = brilliant - great first word to learn!
- iguais means 'equals'
- some words more difficult céu, véu worth listening to performance or checking on site - is a dipthong vowels of getput
Acalanto para o Menino Jesus
(ow like in now/shower eye as in eyes; ice like in mice; e as in get)
Brilha o céu lá de Belém
Breelya oh seoo(short) lah djee Belaym
a estrela que nos vem e nos traz a mensagem.
ah estrelah key nohs vaym e nohs traz ah maynzahzhaym
Dorme ao chão, menino Paz,
Doormeow show meneenoh Pahz
deitado entre animais, nos revela a verdade.
Daytahdoh entray ahneemeyes, noss hevelah ah vedahdjee
Dorme, traz a tua paz,
Dormeh trahz ah tooah pahz
dizendo o que nós somos no sossego do sono.
Jee-zen-doh oh noss sohmoos noh sossegoh doh sohnoh
Brilha o céu lá de Belém
Breelya
oh seoo (short) lah djee Belaym
a estrela que nos vem e nos traz a mensagem.
ah estrelah key nohs vaym e nohs traz ah maynzahzhaym
Todos nascemos iguais viemos de um só Pai
Tohdoos nahsemos eegwice veeemoss (dipthong ee and e) djee oom (allided - djoom) soh Pie
Todos somos irmãos.
Tohdoos sohmoos eermows
(Brilha o céu lá de Belém,
Breelya oh seoo(short) lah djee Belaym
a estrela que nos vem e nos traz a mensagem)
ah estrelah key nohs vaym e nohs traz ah maynzahzhaym
Brilha a estrela do tem céu,
Breelya ah estrelah do taym seoo(short)
os homens têm um véu que os encobre ma guerra.
ohs ohmayns taym oom veoo ohs encohbree mah gerrah (hard g)
Brilha o céu lá de Belém,
Breelya oh seoo(short) lah djee Belaym
a estrela que nos vem e nos traz a mensagem
ah estrelah key nohs vaym e nohs traz ah maynzahzhaym
Dorme ao chão, menino Paz,
Doormeow show meneenoh Pahz
deitado entre animais nos revela a verdade
Daytahdoh entray ahneemice, noss hevelah ah verdahdjee
Dorme ao chão, menino Paz,
Doormeow show meneenoh Pahz
descansa e nos traz a Paz
Jee-scahn-sah eh noss trahz ah Pahz
traz esperança na Terra!
Trahz esperahnsah nah Terra
