Fernando Brant & Milton Nascimento: “Heart is My Master”

Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant

Heart is My Master

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Heart –

this drum within,

my sincerest friend,

who has given me a love whose

slightest tenderness will reach the Redeemer.

Like a river that runs in me,

it stems from a natural source;

the love that is in me

stems from the road

it designed for me.

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From knowing me so well,

it takes me through time to see the world;

territories of passion.

Heart teaches me the courage to live;

throws me into the sea of love.

Within these good waters I will learn to sail –

as I am merely a pupil

who shall follow his tutor wherever he may lead.

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…And my tutor is my heart,

this drum within,

my sincerest friend,

who has given me a love whose

slightest tenderness will reach the Redeemer.

Like a river that runs in me,

it stems from a natural source;

the love that is in me

stems from the road

it designed for me.

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My tutor is my heart,

this drum within,

my sincerest friend.

Life – and Passion!

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Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant

Meu Mestre Coraçao

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Coração
meu tambor do peito, meu amigo cordial
fez de mim um amador
que por um carinho sobe até o Redentor
o rio que corre em mim
vem dessa nascente seu leito natural
o amor que existe em mim
vem desse caminho de vida que ele me traçou
.
Por me saber de cor
me leva no tempo para o mundo conhecer
território da paixão
coração me ensina a coragem de viver
me joga no mar de amar
nessa água boa eu irei navegar
e eu sou um aprendiz
que segue seu mestre aonde ele for
.
E o meu mestre é o meu coração
meu tambor do peito meu amigo cordial
fez de mim um amador
que por um carinho sobe até o Redentor
vem dessa nascente seu leito natural
o amor que existe em mim
vem desse caminho de vida que ele me traçou
.
Meu mestre é o coração
meu tambor do peito, meu amigo cordial
– vida e paixão

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Fernando Brant (1946-2015) was born in Minas Gerais state in Brazil. He would become well known as a poet, lyricist and journalist. In the 1960s he met singer-songwriter and guitarist Milton Nascimento, who was born in 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, but was raised in Minas Gerais by his adopting parents. The two first collaborated on the 1967 song Travessia (a later English-language version with different lyrics was called Bridges.) Heart is My Master / Meu Mestre Coraçao was featured on Nascimento’s 1987 album Yauaretê (Jaguar).

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