Rancho de Luz Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Sentado à mesa

Sitting at the table

O mate novo

The new mate

A vela acesa

The lit candle

O olho turvo

The cloudy eye


Ouço mil cascos em disparada

I hear a thousand hooves in a sprint

Lá por de trás da coxilha

Behind the hills

E o negrinho gorjeia seu riso

And the little black boy sings his laughter

Por ter achado a tropilha

For having found the herd


- Dou-te o lume da vela

I give you the light of the candle

A prece prometida

The promised prayer

Encontrem minha alma

Find my soul

Que anda perdida

That is lost


A escuridão da noite ainda me traz

The darkness of the night still brings to me

Espíritos que vagam sem ter paz

Spirits wandering without peace

Aquerenciando o temor de encontrar

Taking refuge in the fear of finding

Lá fora o fogo insensato do Boitatá

Outside, the foolish fire of Boitatá


São índios e padres

They are Indians and priests

São negros, mulheres, soldados

They are blacks, women, soldiers

Que adentram o rancho

Who enter the ranch

E mateiam, proseando ao meu lado

And mate, chatting by my side

Guiam-se pela prece

They are guided by prayer

Aos braços abertos na cruz

With open arms on the cross

Enquanto a vela aquece

While the candle warms

Os sonhos que povoam esse rancho de luz

The dreams that inhabit this ranch of light


Indago a Cristo

I ask Christ

Na parede

On the wall

Se pode o mate

If the mate can

Aumentar a sede

Increase thirst

Na chama da vela que se desfigura

In the flame of the candle that distorts

Vejo o campo e, nele, ecos de loucura

I see the field and in it echoes of madness

Faíscas de adagas, a morte estampada

Sparks of daggers, death stamped

Tempo das batalhas, de morrer por nada

Time of battles, of dying for nothing


Murmúrios engasgados

Choked murmurs

Em pecado e dor

In sin and pain

Clamam ao meu lado

They cry by my side

A mão do redentor

The hand of the Redeemer

"Roque" na fogueira, sem o coração

"Roque" in the fire, without a heart

Toma minha prece como extrema-unção

Take my prayer as the last sacrament

O aço de "Latorre" vem pedir perdão

"Latorre's" steel comes to ask for forgiveness

Da fúria da "Criolla", do sangue nas mãos

From the fury of "Criolla," blood on the hands


São índios e padres

They are Indians and priests

São negros, mulheres, soldados

They are blacks, women, soldiers

Que adentram o rancho

Who enter the ranch

E mateiam, proseando ao meu lado

And mate, chatting by my side

Guiam-se pela prece

They are guided by prayer

Aos braços abertos na cruz

With open arms on the cross

Enquanto a vela aquece

While the candle warms

Os sonhos que povoam esse rancho de luz

The dreams that inhabit this ranch of light


Dou-te o lume da vela a prece prometida(aha)

I give you the light of the candle, the promised prayer (aha)

Dou-te o lume da vela a prece prometida(aha)

I give you the light of the candle, the promised prayer (aha)

Dou-te o lume da vela a prece prometida(aha)

I give you the light of the candle, the promised prayer (aha)

Dou-te o lume da vela a prece prometida

I give you the light of the candle, the promised prayer

Aha

Aha

Added by Lucas Santos
Brasília, Brazil August 3, 2025
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