Um Bagual Corcoveador Lyrics Translation in English

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A tropa vinha estendida pastando no corredor

The herd came stretched out grazing in the corridor

Eu empurrava culatra e também fazia fiador

I pushed the breech and also made a lead rope


Num bagual gordo e delgado arisco e corcoveador

In a fat and thin, skittish and bucking wild horse

Que se assustava da estaca e da sombra do maneador

That got scared of the stake and the shadow of the handler


É brabo a vida de um taura que só trabalha de peão

The life of a cowboy who only works as a hand is tough

Nisso uma lebre dispara debaixo de um macegão

At that, a hare dashes from under a tuft of grass


Meu pingo só deu um coice escondendo a cara nas mãos

My horse only kicked once, hiding its face in its hands

Saiu sacudindo o toso e cravou o focinho no chão

It shook off the saddle blanket and buried its nose in the ground


Tentei levantar no freio mas era tarde demais

I tried to lift on the reins, but it was too late

Eu vi uma poeira fina formando nuvens pra trás

I saw a fine dust forming clouds behind


Berrando se foi a cerca e cruzou pro lado de lá

Bellowing, the fence was gone and it crossed to the other side

Parecia uma tormenta cruzando em massambará)

It seemed like a storm crossing in Massambará


Se enganchava nas esporas sobre a volta do pescoço

It hooked on the spurs around the neck

Cortando couro em pêlo e tirando lascas de osso

Cutting leather to the hair and taking splinters of bone


Naquele inferno danado bombiei pra meu cebolão

In that damn hell, I pumped for my cebolão

Regulava quatro e pico numa tarde de verão

I adjusted four and a bit on a summer afternoon


Senti a força do vento me arrancando dos arreios

I felt the force of the wind pulling me out of the stirrups

E aquele bicho parecia que ia se rasgar no meio

And that animal seemed like it was going to tear itself apart


Deixei manso e de confiança montaria de patrão

I left it gentle and trustworthy, a boss's mount

Pois honro o nome que carrego me orgulho de ser peão

For I honor the name I carry, proud to be a cowboy

Added by Diogo Sousa
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau January 2, 2025
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