Carcará Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Carcará

Carcará

Lá no sertão

There in the hinterland

É um bicho que avoa que nem avião

It's a creature that flies like an airplane

É um pássaro malvado

It's a wicked bird

Tem o bico volteado que nem gavião

It has a turned-up beak like a hawk

Carcará

Carcará

Quando vê roça queimada

When it sees a burned field

Sai voando, cantando,

It flies away, singing

Carcará

Carcará

Vai fazer sua caçada

It goes to make its hunt

Carcará come inté cobra queimada

Carcará eats even burned snakes

Quando chega o tempo da invernada

When the time of the dry season comes

O sertão não tem mais roça queimada

The hinterland no longer has burned fields

Carcará mesmo assim num passa fome

But Carcará doesn't go hungry

Os burrego que nasce na baixada

The lambs born in the lowlands

Carcará

Carcará

Pega, mata e come

Grabs, kills, and eats

Carcará

Carcará

Num vai morrer de fome

Won't die of hunger

Carcará

Carcará

Mais coragem do que home

Has more courage than a man

Carcará

Carcará

Pega, mata e come

Grabs, kills, and eats

Carcará é malvado, é valentão

Carcará is wicked, is brave

É a águia de lá do meu sertão

It's the eagle from my hinterland

Os burrego novinho num pode andá

The brand-new lambs can't walk

Ele puxa o umbigo inté matá

It pulls the umbilical cord until they die

Carcará

Carcará

Pega, mata e come

Grabs, kills, and eats

Carcará

Carcará

Num vai morrer de fome

Won't die of hunger

Carcará

Carcará

Mais coragem do que home

Has more courage than a man

Carcará

Carcará

Added by Bruno Silva
Praia, Cape Verde December 27, 2024
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