Doble-chapa Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Enquanto preparo na estica

While I prepare on the stretch

um lenço encarnado

a red handkerchief

uma "bombachita".

a "bombachita."

Campante me tapo de gaita

Proudly, I cover myself with a bagpipe

doble-chapa

double-plate

num rasguido...

in a strum...

Sou donde cochila bailanta

I am from where the dance hall sleeps

entreverada de hermanos.

intermingled with brothers.

E uma estampa fronteira

And a frontier image

destrame-la porteiras

unravel the gates

entre paisanos...

among countrymen...

Lá onde engordo novilhos

There where I fatten calves

desterneirando as vacas

milking the cows

numa invernada de estância

in a grazing land of the estate

buena de pasto

good pasture

buena de aguada!

good water!

Lá onde mato a saudade

There where I kill the longing

d'um coraçonaço

of a big heart

num baita gaitaço

in a great bagpipe

de se baba, floreando!

to drool, flourishing!

De ponte-suelo paisano

From a rural bridge

saca na orelha e se bamo

pulls the ear and we go

abrindo cancha, lidando!

opening space, working!

campeando alma de campo

capturing the soul of the field

donde charlamos, campereando.

where we chat, ranching.

Added by Marco Silva
Luanda, Angola June 20, 2025
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