Soldado de Aldeia/ Barra do Dia Lyrics Translation in English

O soldadinho de aldeia

The little soldier from the village

Quebra pedra com uma pua

Breaks stones with a pickaxe

Toca corneta na rua

Plays the trumpet in the street

Bala nos ares alumeia

Bullets in the air illuminate

Morena faceira

Pretty brunette

Você porque não vadeia

Why don't you wade

Tem peixe na maré morta

There are fish in the dead tide

Tem côco na chã de areia

There are coconuts on the sandy ground

Às 4 da madrugada

At 4 in the morning

Os galos todos cantavam

All the roosters were crowing

As moças se alegravam

The girls were rejoicing

E lá vem a barra do dia

And here comes the break of day

Levanta a barra de chuva

Raise the curtain of rain

Onde a baleia passeava

Where the whale used to roam

Os passarinhos cantavam

The birds were singing

E os sinos todos batiam

And all the bells were ringing

Batia o sino e dizia

The bell rang and said

Que o brilho de prataria

That the brilliance of silver

Da estrela Dalva anuncia

Announces the morning star

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day

De longe ainda se ouvia

From afar, one could still hear

Trovão com fuzilaria

Thunder with gunfire

E a chuva se despedia

And the rain bid farewell

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day

Quem acordava assistia

Those who woke up watched

Na praia que o rio mordia

On the beach that the river bit

O Sol marchando dizia

The marching Sun said

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day

Lá vem a barra do dia

Here comes the break of day