Missioneiro Lyrics Translation in English

Nasci num bufo de gaita

I was born in the echo of the accordion

Num rancho de chão batido

In a beaten-earth ranch

Fui batizado a la bruta

I was baptized roughly

Entre berros e alaridos

Amidst shouts and uproar

E a mãe bugra campeira

And the rustic camp mother

Que me atorou o umbigo

Who tied my umbilical cord

Saí do oco das grotas

I emerged from the hollows of ravines

Tigre do lombo riscado

Tiger with a striped back

Das pedras e japecangas

Amongst rocks and thorny bushes

Onde vive o sorro alçado

Where the high-strutting fox lives

A muié não sai das casa

The woman doesn't leave the house

Nem usa beiço pintado

She doesn't wear painted lips

Venho da terra vermelha

I come from the red earth

Da velha raça torena

From the old tough breed

Agarrando touro a unha

Catching bulls barehanded

Desenganando pavenas

Dispelling myths and illusions

Se a caso colho uma rosa

If by chance I pick a rose

É pra o cabelo da morena

It's for the brunette's hair

Brotei dum tronco de angico

I sprouted from an Angico trunk

E me fiz cerne curado

And became seasoned heartwood

Sem berno nem carrapato

Without itch or tick

Sou igual zebu alçado

I'm like a spirited zebu

Ninguém me leva pra o brete

No one takes me to the pen

E cruzo a trote o alambrado

I cross the fence at a trot

Trago as bênçãos de tupã

I carry Tupã's blessings

Magias de salamanca

Magics of Salamanca

Não confio em bruxarias

I don't trust in witchcraft

Nem tropeio em mula manca

Nor do I stumble upon lame mules

E no rancho adonde eu moro

And in the ranch where I dwell

Não tem tramela nem tranca

There's no latch or lock