Pindorama

(Land in sight!)

Pindorama, Pindorama
It's Brazil before Cabral
Pindorama, Pindorama
So far from Portugal
It's beyond, way beyond
The meeting of sea and sky
It's beyond, way beyond
The realms of Dom Manuel

Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz
It was found by Portugal
Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz
Behind Mount Pascoal
Right there Cabral saw
On April 22nd
Not just saw, discovered
All the land of Brazil

Pindorama, Pindorama
But the natives were already here
Pindorama, Pindorama
They spoke Tupi-Tupi
Only later, you came
Speaking Tupi-Portuguese
Only later with you
Our lives changed all at once

Pero Vaz, Pero Vaz
Wrote in a letter to the king
That at an altar, under the cross
Our friar said mass
But then Cabral
Slowly left
The tropical land
To find the Indies

To the Indies, to the Indies
But the Indies were already here
We warned: Look, the Indies!
But Cabral didn't understand Tupi
He moved to the sea
To see the Indies somewhere else
It went wrong, it was bad luck
Many ships couldn't return

But, anyway, I suspect
It wasn't just a coincidence
That Cabral, in a detour
Saw the land and said: Wow!
It wasn't, it was a dispatch
It was an imperial plan
To dock his ships
In a monumental country

To Álvares Cabral
To King Dom Manuel
To the native of Brazil
And to anyone who heard me
I'll say, I discovered
Brazil is fully in our voice
Whoever wants will hear
Pindorama is within us

To Álvares Cabral
To King Dom Manuel
To the native of Brazil
And to anyone who heard me
I'll say, come listen
It's a very subtle country
Whoever wants to discover
Only after the year 2000