Conterrâneos Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Eu venho vindo de longe

I come coming from afar

Decisão antiga

Ancient decision

Trazendo nas mãos de espinho

Carrying in hands of thorn

A ferramenta amiga

The friendly tool

Que pesam nos ombros largos

Weighing on broad shoulders

Cidade fadiga

Fatigued city

Pesam nos ombros amargos

Weigh on bitter shoulders

Cidade fadiga

Fatigued city


De uma asa a outra asa

From one wing to another wing

Sou a distância da viga

I am the distance of the beam

De uma asa a outra asa

From one wing to another wing

Entre chegada e partida

Between arrival and departure

Sou tudo que sou, candango

I am everything I am, "candango"

Quando brasília ser ia

When Brasília would be

Do plano piloto, plano

From the pilot plan, a plan

Brasília ainda seria

Brasília would still be


Era sol sobre a poeira

It was sun over the dust

Bandeira erguida

Raised flag

Era livre a suadeira

Sweat was free

Nos intervalos da liga

In the intervals of the league

Chegava ao rancho a comida

Food arrived at the ranch

Certa vez, em bagadá

Once in Bagdad

Véspera da grande folia

Eve of the grand revelry

Trouxeram a boia pro rancho

They brought the food to the ranch

Sentida azeda feria

Felt sourness injured

Tantas fomes

So many hungers

Tantas sedes

So many thirsts

Erguendo pedras, paredes

Raising stones, walls

Fadiga assim

Fatigue like this

Em plena festa, agonia

In the midst of the party, agony

Diante de nós a boia

Before us, the food

Azeda, velha, ruim

Sour, old, bad


É carnaval no paris

It's carnival in Paris

Nas distâncias do sem fim

In the distances of the endless

Povo ilude a alegria

People deceive joy

Entre blocos, serpentinas

Between blocks, streamers

Pandeiro e tamborim

Tambourine and drum


Entre ferros retorsidos

Among twisted irons

Da cidade em construção

Of the city under construction

O frevo de alguns fervidos

The frenzy of some boiled

Gelando no caldeirão

Freezing in the cauldron

Eu vou para esta festa

I go to this party

A minha da construção

Mine of construction

Cruzo os braços e olho fundo

I cross my arms and look deep

No poço do caldeirão

In the well of the cauldron

Added by Bruno Silva
Praia, Cape Verde December 18, 2024
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