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Adelmario Coelho

Vida DuraHard Life

Adelmario Coelho · Não Fale Mal do Meu País Don't Speak Ill of My Country (1995)

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Composer: Adelmario Coelho

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Full lyrics

Uma casa de taipa ao lado da estrada

tem a sombra de um velho cajueiro

o fogo de lenha fervendo a água

o café que prepara o sertanejo

e chega a noitinha fica pensando

amanha será q vai chover

na terra que esta seca mais de ano

e pede a deus para lhe proteger

aiaiai vida dura

aiaiai vida dó

sertanejo trabalha e nada lucra

a não ser uma rede e um lençol

aiaiai vida dura

aiaiai vida dó

sertanejo trabalha e nada lucra

a não ser uma rede e um lençol

Translation

A wattle and daub house by the side of the road

has the shade of an old cashew tree

the wood fire boiling the water

the coffee the countryman prepares

and when evening comes, he keeps thinking

tomorrow, will it rain?

on the land that has been dry for over a year

and he asks God to protect him

oh oh oh hard life

oh oh oh life of sorrow

the countryman works and gains nothing

except for a hammock and a sheet

oh oh oh hard life

oh oh oh life of sorrow

the countryman works and gains nothing

except for a hammock and a sheet

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