O Menino e o Rio Lyrics Translation in English

O corpo do rio prateia

The river's body turns silvery

Quando a Lua se abre

When the Moon unfolds

Passarinhos do mato gostam

Forest birds enjoy

De mim e de goiaba

Me and guava

Uma rã me benzeu

A frog blessed me

Com as mãos na água

With hands in the water

Com os fios de orvalho

With threads of dew

Aranhas tecem a madrugada

Spiders weave the dawn

Era o menino e os bichinhos

It was the boy and the little creatures

Era o menino e o Sol

It was the boy and the Sun

O menino e o rio

The boy and the river

Era o menino e as árvores

It was the boy and the trees

Cresci brincando no chão

I grew up playing on the ground

Entre formigas

Among ants

Meu quintal é maior

My backyard is larger

Do que o mundo

Than the world

Por dentro de nossa casa

Inside our house

Passava um rio inventado

Flowed an invented river

Tudo o que não invento

Everything I don't invent

É falso

Is false