Amor do Sertão

Love of the backlands happened to me
Somewhere in Bahia I smelled the girl
In your eyes I could see my future, my fate
My tears flowed like the waters of the waterfalls
Soon the guitar would cry
All the pain that gripped my chest
And longing for the cabocla who left in retreat
Just like the birds that flew away
Leaving in the backlands an abandoned soul
But let this ingratitude go
At the singing of the patativa another sun will rise
I will take it out of my mind
I will sing another verse, I will try to forget you
Loneliness struck, the white-winged bird flew away
The mandacaru dried up, my time is coming
My life is now night, I no longer see the dawn
All because of the cabocla who was born in the backlands
Taking my life, also my heart
Promising me a lot of love, but traded me for another João