Tareco e Mariola

I don't need you,
the world is big, destiny awaits me,
it's not you who will give me in the spring
the beautiful flowers I dreamed of in my summer.

I don't need you,
I've done everything to change my address,
I've turned my life upside down,
I swear to God, I haven't found you anymore.

Cards on the table,
a good player knows the game by the rules,
don't you know I've squeezed water from a stone,
just to see you smile so I wouldn't cry.

You went far,
hurting me provoked my anger,
but I was born between the sail and the macambira,
who are you to spill my munguzá.

I grew up
listening to the sound of the hammer in the dust,
no one better than Master Osvaldo in the wood,
with his art he created much more than ten.

I grew up
killing hunger with tareco and mariola,
composing verses strummed on the guitar
through the alleys of my old broomfield.