Birivas Lyrics Translation in English

Rui Biriva
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Descendo a serra

Descending the mountains

Pra subir na vida

To climb in life

Abrindo estrada

Opening roads

Cheio de bruacas

Full of challenges

Tropeando mulas para sorocaba

Droving mules to Sorocaba

E semeando por onde passam

And sowing wherever they pass


Versos, violas, chulas e guaiacas

Verses, guitars, chulas, and guaiacas

Chegando a alma do vale das antas

Reaching the soul of the Antas valley

Domam feras de rio de corredeiras

Taming beasts from river rapids

Rasgam picadas pra juntar lonjuras

Opening paths to bring distances closer

E muitas das cidades do presente

And many of the present-day cities

Vem dos pousos birivas o tropeiro

Come from the biriva stopovers of the drover

Vem dos pousos birivas o tropeiro

Come from the biriva stopovers of the drover


Daqui miles e mulas para feira

From here, thousands of mules to the market

De lá mascatarias regionais

From there, regional masquerades

Juntando o norte e o sul num vai e vem

Mixing the north and south in a back and forth

Sem saber de que fato ele, o tropeiro

Without knowing for sure, he, the drover

Intercambiava traços culturais

Exchanged cultural traits


Por isso é que o biriva não morreu

That's why the biriva hasn't died

Mudou foi seu produto de tropear

What changed was what he used to drive

O tropeiro esta vivo em todo aquele

The drover is alive in everyone

Que traz ideias boas ao rio-grande

Bringing good ideas to Rio Grande

E ideias também sabe levar

And knows how to carry ideas as well

Added by Diogo Sousa
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau February 15, 2025
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