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SONG "PEACE" (HEAL THE WORLD) BY BRAZILIAN SINGER DANIEL



JOSÉ DANIEL CAMILLO, known artistically as DANIEL, is one of Brazil’s top singers of sertaneja music. He is also a songwriter, record producer, and has appeared in a few film acting roles. Born in 1968 in Brotas, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Daniel is the third of four brothers. Since childhood, he showed a passion for music, singing to cheer up his older brother who has cerebral palsy. When he was eight years old, his father gave him a guitar and cipher book. Father and son began singing in bars, festivals, and on the radio.


Daniel began his singing career in 1985 as a duo with José Henrique dos Reis, known as João Paulo. In September 1997, at the peak of their success, João Paulo died in a car accident. With support from his family, friends, and fans, Daniel began singing solo, releasing his first solo album, from Daniel, in August the following year. The album earned him a diamond record and a Latin Grammy Award for Best Sertaneja Music Album in 2000. This was the first of many more platinum, diamond and gold albums he has won over the years.


Daniel lives with his wife and three daughters in Brotas, São Paulo.


The featured song, “A Paz / Peace,” is a Brazilian adaptation of Michael Jackson’s song, “Heal the World,” with Portuguese lyrics written by Luis Fernando Oliverira da Silva, known as Nando, of the group Roupa Nova. The song was included on the soundtrack of Daniel’s album, In Concert in Brotas, released on October 23, 2015, by the Universal Music Group.



Photo Credit: Daniel's Instagram Account

Official Website: https://www.daniel.art.br


Listen to video on YouTube at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JRRIg5ghFQ



PEACE (HEAL THE WORLD) BY DANIEL



There must be a place within your heart

Where peace shines brighter than a memory

Without the light it brings, it’s no longer possible

To find the path of hope


Feel, the time has come to wipe away the tears of men

Becoming brothers and extending your hand


Only love can change what has already been done

And the power of peace brings everyone together again

Come, it's time to light the flame of life

And make the whole Earth happy


If you’re able to release your voice

Into the air, like a child's prayer

You must then begin, others will join you

And sing with harmony and hope


Let this song wash away the tears of the world

To bring forgiveness and share bread


Only love can change what has already been done

And the power of peace brings everyone together again

Come, it's time to light the flame of life

And make the whole Earth happy


How much pain and suffering we still have around us

To maintain the faith and the dream of those who are yet to come

The lesson for the future comes from the soul and the heart

To seek peace, not to look back, with love


Only love can change what has already been done

And the power of peace brings everyone together again

Come, it's time to light the flame of life

And make the whole Earth happy

And make the whole Earth happy

And make the whole Earth happy



TRANSLATION BY ROSALIENE BACCHUS



A PAZ (HEAL THE WORLD) BY DANIEL



Deve haver um lugar dentro do seu coração

Onde a paz brilhe mais que uma lembrança

Sem a luz que ela traz já nem se consegue mais

Encontrar o caminho da esperança


Sinta, chega o tempo de enxugar o pranto dos homens

Se fazendo irmão e estendendo a mão


Só o amor, muda o que já se fez

E a força da paz junta todos outra vez

Venha, já é hora de acender a chama da vida

E fazer a Terra inteira feliz


Se você for capaz de soltar a sua voz

Pelo ar, como prece de criança

Deve então começar outros vão te acompanhar

E cantar com harmonia e esperança


Deixe que esse canto lave o pranto do mundo

Pra trazer perdão e dividir o pão


Só o amor, muda o que já se fez

E a força da paz junta todos outra vez

Venha, já é hora de acender a chama da vida

E fazer a Terra inteira feliz


Quanta dor e sofrimento em volta a gente ainda tem

Pra manter a fé e o sonho dos que ainda vêm

A lição pro futuro vem da alma e do coração

Pra buscar a paz, não olhar pra trás, com amor


Só o amor, muda o que já se fez

E a força da paz junta todos outra vez

Venha, já é hora de acender a chama da vida

E fazer a terra inteira feliz

E fazer a terra inteira feliz

E fazer a terra inteira feliz


Source: Letras da Música Brasil

https://www.letras.mus.br/daniel/a-paz-heal-the-world/