Mike Blakesley said:Probably true; but my point was that she does not know Portuguese and didn't translate the lyrics. It's possible that when she went to write her lyrics, the original author(s) of the songs translated theirs for her and she chose whether to create completely new lyrics, or "adapted" the originals to English (rhyme, meter and so on).some of Lani's English lyrics are very close approximations to their Portuguese originals, notably To Say Goodbye
Lani learned Portuguese over the years, I have it on the best authority.