Do Fundo da Grota

I was raised in the countryside
In a mud and grass ranch
That's why I sing like this
To remember my past
I grew up rough
Sleeping in the sheds
Near a ground fire
With my hair smoky

When the morning star breaks
I heat the kettle
Almost at dawn
My saddle horse
Neighs in the stable
While a sora rail
Sings perched

I hear the fox's cry
And there in the paddock
The dapple gray colt neighs
In the mouth of the night
A skunk appears to me
Comes to pee near the house
To tease the pack

On a sheepskin bed
I wake up at dawn
I hear a raccoon
Cornered in the marsh
I grew up wild and untamed
Honoring the old ways
Eating mixed beans
With little fat and no salt

When the morning star breaks
I heat the kettle
Almost at dawn
My saddle horse
Neighs in the stable
While a sora rail
Sings perched

I hear the fox's cry
And there in the paddock
The dapple gray colt neighs
In the mouth of the night
A skunk appears to me
Comes to pee near the house
To tease the dogs

Repairing a fence
At the edge of a corridor
On the handle of a post driver
With hands calloused by work
On my saddle I snap
And follow my countryside crew
And a wary partridge
Flies and startles the horse

When the morning star breaks
I heat the kettle
Almost at dawn
My saddle horse
Neighs in the stable
While a sora rail
Sings perched

I hear the fox's cry
And there in the paddock
The dapple gray colt neighs
In the mouth of the night
A skunk appears to me
Comes to pee near the house
To tease the pack

In the center of the grove
I hear the call of a tinamou
In a trench the guan
The sabiá sings in the cherry trees
And right on the edge of the stream
The cow and the calf bellow
In the noise of the cowbells
I find the oxen in yokes

When the morning star breaks
I heat the kettle
Almost at dawn
My saddle horse
Neighs in the stable
While a sora rail
Sings perched

I hear the fox's cry
And there in the paddock
The dapple gray colt neighs
In the mouth of the night
A skunk appears to me
Comes to pee near the house
To tease the dogs