Índio do Brasil Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Sou igara nessas águas

I am a canoe in these waters

Sou a seiva dessas matas

I am the sap of these forests

E o ruflar das asas de um beija-flor!

And the fluttering of a hummingbird's wings!


Eu vivia em plena harmonia com a natureza

I lived in complete harmony with nature

Mas um triste dia, o kariwa invasor

But one sad day, the invading kariwa

No meu solo sagrado pisou

Trod upon my sacred ground

Desbotando o verde das florestas

Fading the green of the forests

Garimpando o leito desses rios

Extracting from the bed of these rivers

Já são cinco séculos de exploração

It's been five centuries of exploitation

Mas a resistência ainda pulsa no meu coração

But resistance still pulses in my heart


Na cerâmica marajoara, no remo sateré

In Marajoara pottery, in the Sateré paddle

Na plumária ka'apor, na pintura kadiwéu

In the Ka'apor plumage, in the Kadiwéu painting

(No muiraquitã da icamiaba)

(In the muiraquitã of Icamiaba)


Na zarabatana makú, no arco mundurukú

In the Makú blowgun, in the Mundurukú bow

No manto tupinambá, na flecha kamayurá

In the Tupinambá mantle, in the Kamayurá arrow

Na oração dessana

In the prayer of the Dessana


Canta índio do Brasil

Sing, Indian of Brazil

Canta índio do Brasil

Sing, Indian of Brazil


Anauê nhandevá, anauê hei, hei, hei!

Anauê Nhandevá, Anauê hei, hei, hei!

(Anauê nhandevá)

(Anauê Nhandevá)


Dos filhos deste solo és mãe gentil, pátria amada Brasil

You are the mother of the children of this land, gentle mother, beloved homeland Brazil

Added by Marco Silva
Luanda, Angola July 20, 2024
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