Resposta Ao Rei do Gado

To you, cattle king, here is my response
What I think of you, I don't say behind your back
You left the bar without hearing my proposal
Know that this servant of yours is not afraid of a bet
Whoever has slipped in life leans on any branch

What the dandy said was not endorsed by me
If I wanted to offend you, I wouldn't send a message
Whoever messes with a hornet should expect the outcome
I believe you forget, my friend cattle king
That a king to be a king needs to be very polite

It's something I find ugly for a rich man to make a fuss
I'm not ashamed to say that I was once a cowboy in Goiás
I've ridden wild donkeys even backwards
If I take off my shirt, I'll show the marks on my chest
Brands of a Cuiabá ox, in the Pantanal region

When I see a coffee plantation and a dust cloud from a cattle drive
I'm proud to be an immigrant in this blessed land
I've also drunk cachaça while herding cattle
If Brazil's balance is threatened by coffee
I'll cut down my coffee plantations, turn everything into pasture

Stop gambling, friend, don't take a wrong step
Let's fight shoulder to shoulder for this blessed land
Although I'm a foreigner, I want to be buried here
Where the green gold sprouts, our famous coffee
That brings glory to Brazil, from the border to the other side