Meu Canivete Lyrics Translation in English

Eu tenho meu canivete foi presente do meu tio

I have my pocketknife, a gift from my uncle

Conservo como relíquia pelo que já me serviu

I keep it as a relic for what it has done for me

Meu canivete pitoco desde piá me acompanha

My small pocketknife has been with me since childhood

Fosse na festas do povo ou nas lidas de campanha

Whether at people's parties or in the tasks of the countryside

Descasquei cana de açúcar, laranja e abacaxi

I peeled sugar cane, oranges, and pineapples with it

Fiz forquilha de bodoque destripava lambari

I made a slingshot fork that gutted fish

Quando piá meu pai dizia pelo jeito e pelo estilo

As a kid, my father would say, by the way and by the style

Teu canivete meu filho só serve pra castrar grilo

Your pocketknife, my son, is only good for castrating crickets

Meu canivete eu trazia afiada que nem navalha

I carried my sharpened pocketknife like a razor

Com ele já castrei porco, piquei fumo, cortei palha

With it, I've castrated pigs, shredded tobacco, and cut straw

Dos meus pés quantos espinhos meu canivete tirou

From my feet, it has removed countless thorns

Daria tropas e tropas os touros que já castrou

It would give troops and troops the bulls it has castrated

Meu canivete tá pitoco de tanto afiar em rebolo

My pocketknife is small from so much sharpening on the grindstone

Das facetas do passado a lembrança é um consolo

From facets of the past, the memory is a comfort

Eu e meu canivete entre ganhas e perdidas

Me and my pocketknife, between gains and losses

Seguimos cortando rente as tristezas desta vida

We continue cutting close to the sorrows of this life

Daria um talho maior que o maior dos bretes

It would give a cut bigger than the biggest corrals

Se me emendasse os talhos que já deu meu canivete

If it stitched up the cuts my pocketknife has already made