Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Adeus cumpadre Virgulino!
Adeus Servero Brilhante!
Quem manda em nóis é o destino
A gente se encontra adiante
Era tão verde a paisagem aos poucos mudou de cor
Trocou de roupa, de traje, na medida em que andou
Em direção ao sertão acinzentada ficou
Virou um camaleão, acinzentada ficou
Isto vai virar, um cemitério de terra
Só restarão facheiros, mandacarus
Urubus magros, esqualidos
Facheiros, mandacarus
Restará o semi-árido
Facheiros, mandacarus
Translation
Goodbye cumpadre Virgulino!
Goodbye Servero Brilhante!
Destiny rules us
We'll meet again later
The landscape was so green, little by little it changed color
It changed clothes, changed attire, as it went along
Towards the sertão it turned gray
It turned into a chameleon, it turned gray
This will turn into, a cemetery of earth
Only facheiros, mandacarus will remain
Thin, emaciated vultures
Facheiros, mandacarus
The semi-arid region will remain
Facheiros, mandacarus
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