Samba Enredo 1995 - Mais Vale Um Jegue Que Me Carregue, Que Um Camelo Que Me Derrube Lá No Ceará

IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A DONKEY THAT CARRIES ME, THAN A CAMEL THAT KNOCKS ME DOWN...IN CEARÁ

Echo through the air
Stories of hidden treasures
I am a poet of the song
And I embark on this enchanted dream
I go with destination to Ceará
In search of a new Eldorado
(I take)
I take with me the knowledge
Of the country, the wisdom
I want to report everything
In this very Brazilian expedition
Moors and camels arrive
No need to be alarmed

It shook, it didn't work out
Because it was just an illusion (repeat)
They brought the desert's sway
But it's not the right swing
To cross our land

The donkey hidden in history
Helps the sertanejo in his day-to-day
Works, plows the land under the sun

And carries the heavy burden
Of a suffering people (repeat)

Simplicity is worth more
Than seeking a thousand novelties
And creating complication
Forgetting the good and the useful
Denying what is ours
Generates dissatisfaction

The backlands are not just lament
My moment is here (repeat)
I party and cleanse my soul
Today at Sapucaí