O Preço da Ambição Lyrics Translation in English

Todos que nascem no mundo

Everyone born in the world

Tem seu destino marcado

Has their destiny marked

O amigo zé inácio

Friend Zé Inácio

Vivia comprando gado

Lived buying cattle

No transporte a mato grosso

In the transport to Mato Grosso

Ajustou dois empregados

Managed two employees

Pois quando o boi se arribava

Because when the cattle moved

A tarefa aumentava

The task increased

Seu trabalho era dobrado

His work was doubled

Zé inácio inocente

Zé Inácio innocent

De nada desconfiava

Had no suspicions

Que aqueles peões estranhos

That those strange workers

De matéria acompanhava

Were up to no good

Pra roubar o seu dinheiro

To steal his money

E a boiada que levava

And the cattle they were taking

Os malvados desordeiros

The wicked troublemakers

Liquidaram o boaiadeiro

Finished off the cattleman

Quando ele repousava

When he was resting

Os dois eguiram viagem

The two continued the journey

Tocando o boi no estradão

Driving the cattle on the road

Nós vamos fazer parada

We'll make a stop

Na primeira povoação

In the first town

Tomando conta do gado

Taking care of the cattle

Um deles ficou de plantão

One of them stayed on guard

Outro foi buscar virado

The other went to get turned

Pra ficarem reforçados

To be reinforced

E atravessar o sertão

And cross the wilderness

Admirando a boiada

Admiring the cattle

O peão po-se a pensar

The cowboy started to think

Se eu ficar dono de tudo

If I become the owner of everything

Riqueza maior não há

There is no greater wealth

Quando o outro foi chegando

When the other was approaching

Ele correu se amoitar

He ran to hide

E com um tiro bem certeiro

And with a well-aimed shot

Derrubou seu companheiro

He knocked down his companion

Que acabava de chegar

Who had just arrived

É como diz o ditado

As the saying goes

Quem mauito quer, nada tem

Who wants too much, has nothing

Comeu aquele virado

He ate that turned dish

E já não sentiu-se bem

And didn't feel well anymore

Pois estava envenenado

Because he was poisoned

E ali morreu também

And there he died too

Hoje aquela boiada

Today that cattle

No sertão vive alongada

In the wilderness lives stretched out

Não pertence a ninguém

Doesn't belong to anyone