Negro da gaita Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Mata o silêncio dos mates, a cordeona voz trocada

Kills the silence of the bushes, the accordion voice exchanged

E a mão campeira do negro, passeando aveludada

And the campesino hand of the negro, strolling velvety

Nos botões chora segredos, que ele juntou pela estrada

In the buttons, he cries secrets, gathered along the road


(Quando o negro abre essa gaita

(When the negro opens this accordion

Abre o livro da sua vida

He opens the book of his life

Marcado de poeira e pampa

Marked by dust and pampas

Em cada nota sentida)

In each felt note)


Quando o pai que foi gaiteiro, desta vida se ausentou

When the father, who was an accordionist, departed from this life

O negro piá solitário, tal como pedra rolou

The lonely negro boy, like a rolling stone

E se fez homem proseando, com a gaita que o pai deixou

Became a man, chatting with the accordion his father left


E a gaita se fez baú para causos e canções

And the accordion became a chest for stories and songs

Do negro que passa a vida, mastigando solidões

Of the negro who spends his life, chewing on solitudes

E vai semeando recuerdos, por estradas e galpões

And keeps sowing memories, along roads and sheds

Added by Daniela Costa
Porto Alegre, Brazil November 6, 2024
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