"Olhando to Cruz do Sul" is the a non literal portugues translation of my own bossa nova "What Kind of Love" (2001), and while it isn't a literal translation from English to Portuguese, in that rendering I made the effort to keep the spirit of the original lyrics .
As in the original version, that one makes a questioning about the different aspects of love and its eventual disappointments, perhaps even in a frustrating way, but, notwithstanding, trying to tell this disenchantment with the sweetness and peace that the bossa nova proposes
In short, both "Olhando to Cruz do Sul" and "What Kind of Love", invite to reflection on the true nature of love, its fuzzy frontiers, its illogical-logic and its indisputable role as a "spiritual motor" of our lifes.

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