Rua da Matriz Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Rua da Matriz

Street of the Matrix

Quanta coisa recordas

How many things you recall

Quantas tradições

How many traditions

Quantos casos de amor

How many love stories

Tua igreja pedindo orações

Your church asking for prayers

Teus boêmios e teus lampeões

Your bohemians and your lamplighters

Falam do passado

Talk about the past

De Caruaru...

Of Caruaru...


Caruaru do bom jesus

Caruaru of the Good Jesus

Da rua prêta e do vassoral

Of the black street and Vassoral

Da brasileira brejeira

The folksy Brazilian

Que vai a feira

Who goes to the market

E a catedral

And to the cathedral

Do alto do monte se avista

From the top of the hill, one can see

Um paraíso de artistas

A paradise of artists

Cujo berço és tu

Whose cradle is you

És pela tua grandeza

You are by your greatness

Pela tua beleza

By your beauty

Caruaru

Caruaru


Caruaru do São João

Caruaru of São João

E das quadrilhas a maioral

And of the foremost quadrilles

Terra dos bacamarteiros

Land of the musket bearers

No mundo inteiro

In the whole wide world

Não tem igual

There is none like it

Teu nome inspira escritores

Your name inspires writers

Poetas, cantores

Poets, singers

Cujo berço és tu

Whose cradle is you

És pela tua grandeza

You are by your greatness

Pela tua beleza

By your beauty

Caruaru.

Caruaru.

Added by Vanessa Costa
Lisbon, Portugal December 31, 2024
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