Catinguelê Menino Lyrics Translation in English

Sou arisco sou matreiro

I'm wild, I'm cunning

Sereno que adoça o mar

Calm, sweetening the sea

Galopando ligeiro aprendi a chegar devagar

Galloping swiftly, I learned to arrive slowly

Já fiz engolir poeira sou pedreira sei caçar

I've made them swallow dust, I'm a quarry, I know how to hunt

Escravo senhor riso e choro

Slave, master of laughter and tears

Besouro de ouro pra quem garimpar

Golden beetle for those who prospect

Pedra de moer pedra de amolar

Grinding stone, sharpening stone

Pedra de moer pedra de amolar

Grinding stone, sharpening stone

Tiriri faca honrosa

Tiriri, honorable knife

Flecha venenosa capaz de curar

Poisonous arrow, capable of healing

Cantinguelê menino solto na beira do mar

Catinguelê boy, free by the seashore

Onde meus sonhos se escondem na aldeia

Where my dreams hide in the village

Clarão que alumia o meu caminhar

Brightness that illuminates my path

Cantinguelê menino no coração me deste um nó

Catinguelê boy, in my heart, you tied a knot

Vento me sopra e me leva pra rosa de Jericó

The wind blows me and takes me to the rose of Jericho