Saudade De Minha Terra (part. Chitãozinho e Xororó)

What good does it do me to live in the city
If happiness doesn't come with me
Goodbye, little paulista of my heart
Back to my backlands, I want to return
Seeing the dawn, when the birds
Making the morning, start to sing
With satisfaction, I saddle up the horse
Cutting through the road, I start to gallop
And I keep listening to the cattle bellowing
The thrush singing in the jequitibá

For our lady
My beloved backlands
I regret living
This new life here in the city
With so much longing, I've been crying
Here someone says they care for me
But it's not convenient, I've been thinking
I say with regret, but this brunette
Doesn't know the system I was raised in
I'm here singing, listening from afar
Someone is crying
with the radio on

Such immense longing for the countryside and the woods
For the gentle stream that cuts through Campinas
On Sundays, I used to go canoeing
In the beautiful lagoons of crystal-clear waters
What sweet memory
Of those parties
Where there were dances and beautiful girls
I live nowadays without joy
The world is harsh, but it also teaches
I'm upset, but not defeated
I am well guided by divine hands

I've already telegraphed my dear mother
And I'm tired of suffering so much
This dawn, I'll be leaving
For the beloved land that saw me born
I already hear, dreaming, the rooster crowing
The tinamou chirping as it gets dark
The silver moonlight illuminating the road
The grass wet since nightfall
I need to go to see everything there
It's where I was born, where I want to die