Nos Varzedos da Fronteira Lyrics Translation in English

Fundão de campo, eguada solta escramuçando na invernada

Hillside field, loose herd rummaging in the wintering

Estância grande, bagual criado a campo fora com a manada

Large ranch, wild horse raised in the field, away with the herd

Setenta quadras de campo aberto, eguada xucra e caborteira

Seventy blocks of open field, wild herd and mule corral

Criada solta, de pêlo fino, pelos varzedos desta fronteira

Raised freely, with fine fur, through the meadows of this border

Indiada taura, índio ginete

Tough folks, Indian riders

Garrão de potro, espora atada

Colt's hind leg, spur attached

Na primavera, corda sovada

In spring, a well-used lasso

Pra tirar as coscas da bagualada

To remove the husks from the wild herd

Indiada taura, índio ginete

Tough folks, Indian riders

Garrão de potro, espora atada

Colt's hind leg, spur attached

Na primavera, corda sovada

In spring, a well-used lasso

Pra tirar as coscas da bagualada

To remove the husks from the wild herd

Buçal torcido, rédea bem larga, bocal sovado pros cornilhudos

Twisted bridle, wide rein, bit used for the horned ones

Rabicho forte trançado de oito, pra tirar cisma destes beiçudos

Strong braided tail of eight, to remove stubbornness from these snouts

Galpão de estância, fogo bem grande, cambona quente, cuia cevada

Ranch shed, big fire, hot kettle, barley gourd

Final de tarde, sol vai entrando, foi mais um dia de campereada

End of the afternoon, the sun is setting, it was another day of cattle work

Indiada taura, índio ginete

Tough folks, Indian riders

Garrão de potro, espora atada

Colt's hind leg, spur attached

Na primavera, corda sovada

In spring, a well-used lasso

Pra tirar as coscas da bagualada

To remove the husks from the wild herd

Indiada taura, índio ginete

Tough folks, Indian riders

Garrão de potro, espora atada

Colt's hind leg, spur attached

Na primavera, corda sovada

In spring, a well-used lasso

Pra tirar as coscas da bagualada

To remove the husks from the wild herd