Pedido de Um Matuto
Luiz Fidelis
Request of a Countryman
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give a message for me
Ask the men to reforest
The horto mountain is a postcard
If the juá trees return, my master
Bring back the birds
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give another message for me
Ask the men to also look
The sagadim river taught me to swim
The sagadim river that was everything to me
My master, save the salgadim
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give more messages for me
Oh my master, just one more message
For the gourds, the lapinha and the reizado
For the artisans who make beautiful
The image of my master
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give these messages for me
This is the request of a countryman
And every twentieth day wears his mourning
And goes to pray for help, my master
For you to intercede for me
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give these messages for me
My master, oh, my master
You who are right there nearby
Give these messages for me
