Igual Ao Meu Pai Lyrics Translation in English

Eu quero ser igual ao meu pai

I want to be like my father

Viver os anos que ele já viveu

Live the years he has already lived

Sofrer o quanto ele já sofreu

Suffer as much as he has suffered

Só assim eu sou herdeiro do meu pai

Only then am I an heir to my father

Meu pai levou a vida inteira lá na roça

My father spent his whole life in the countryside

Numa palhoça bem coberta de sapê

In a thatched hut well covered with thatch

Só assim eu quero ser igual a ele

Only this way do I want to be like him

Ter um rancho igual ao dele

Have a ranch like his

Viver lá até morrer

Live there until I die

O mato verde que embeleza nossa terra

The green bushes that beautify our land

A passarada, a cachoeira o alazão

The birds, the waterfall, the chestnut horse

Há se eu pudesse viver na minha terrinha

Oh, if I could live in my homeland

Junto com minha mãezinha,

Together with my dear mother

Meu pai e meus irmãos

My father and my brothers