Tropeiros da Borborema Lyrics Translation in English
Maria Dapaz
Portuguese Lyrics
English Translation
Estala, relho malvado
Crack, wicked whip
Recordar, hoje é meu tema
To remember, today is my theme
Quero é rever os antigos
What I want is to see the old ones
Tropeiros da Borborema
Troopers of Borborema
São tropas de burros
They are troops of donkeys
Que vem do sertão
Coming from the backlands
Trazendo seus fardos
Carrying their loads
De pele e algodão
Of leather and cotton
O passo moroso
The slow step
Só a fome galopa
Only hunger gallops
Pois tudo atropela
As it tramples everything
Os passos da tropa
The steps of the troop
O duro chicote
The tough whip
Cortando seus lombos
Cutting their backs
Os cascos feridos
The wounded hooves
Nas pedras aos tombos
On the stones they tumble
A sede e a poeira
The thirst and the dust
O Sol que desaba
The sun that collapses
Ó longo caminho
Oh, the long road
Que nunca se acaba
That never ends
Estala, relho marvado
Crack, cursed whip
Recordar, hoje é meu tema
To remember, today is my theme
Quero é rever os antigos
What I want is to see the old ones
Tropeiros da Borborema
Troopers of Borborema
Assim caminhavam
Thus they walked
As tropas cansadas
The tired troops
E os bravos tropeiros
And the brave troopers
Buscando pousada
Seeking a resting place
Nos ranchos e aguados
In the huts and watering holes
Dos tempos de outrora
From times past
Saindo mais cedo
Leaving earlier
Que a barra da aurora
Than the dawn
Riqueza da terra
Wealth of the land
Que tanto se expande
That expands so much
E se hoje se chama
And is now called
De Campina Grande
Campina Grande
Foi grande, por eles
It was great, because of them
Que foram os primeiros
Who were the first
Ó, tropas de burros
Oh, troops of donkeys
Ó, velhos tropeiros
Oh, old troopers