Magoada Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

No Ceará quando chove

In Ceará when it rains

Fartura tem a granel

Abundance is plenty

Tem muito arroz e feijão

There's plenty of rice and beans

Tem cana pra fazer mel

There's sugarcane to make honey


Mas dói que só magoada

But it hurts, oh, so hurt

Amarga que nem jiló

Bitter like a bitter melon

Ver o rio secando

To see the river drying up

E a terra levantar pó

And the earth raising dust


E ver nas primeiras chuvas

And see in the first rains

Todo mundo plantando

Everyone planting

Dizendo que esse ano

Saying that this year

Nós vamos ter bom inverno

We will have a good winter

A seca vem mata tudo

The drought comes, kills everything

Deixa o sertão num inferno

Leaves the hinterland in hell


Mas dói que só magoada

But it hurts, oh, so hurt

Amarga que nem jiló

Bitter like a bitter melon

Ver o rio secando

To see the river drying up

E a terra levantar pó

And the earth raising dust


A seca é muito invejosa

The drought is very envious

Seu moço eu não gosto dela

Sir, I don't like it

Secou o Rio Jaguaribe

It dried up the Rio Jaguaribe

E os "zóio" de Anabela

And Anabela's eyes

Added by André Costa
Maputo, Mozambique June 18, 2024
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