Saudades da Minha Terra

What good is it for me to live in the city
If happiness doesn't come with me
Goodbye little Paulista, from my heart
I want to go back to my countryside
To see the dawn, when the birds
Starting the daybreak begin to sing
With satisfaction I saddle the mule
Cutting through the road I start to gallop
And I listen to the cattle bellowing
The thrush singing in the Jequitibá

For Our Lady, my beloved countryside
I live regretting having left you
This new life here in the city
I have cried so much from missing you
Here someone says they care for me
But it's not convenient for me, I have thought
I feel sorry, but this brunette
Doesn't know the way I was raised
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 the fields
On Sundays, I used to go for a canoe ride
In the beautiful lagoons of crystal-clear waters
Sweet memory of that big party
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 moon lighting 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