Composer: Anchieta Dali
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Sorriso na boca da noite
O trovão cantou
É dia do padroeiro
São José abençoou
Vai chover lá na malhada
Boqueirão bota de arrasto
Trás rama nova pro pasto
E folia pras enxadas
Sertanejo se alegra
Quando chega a invernada
Sertanejo sonha léguas
Quando ver terra molhada
De manhã bem sedo
Um café torrado
Coado no beiço
É desentalo de beiju
Menino presepeiro
Futuca o aceiro
Descobre ligeiro
Um melaço de inxu
Canta o galo no terreiro
Sinfonizam os passarinhos
Zé de Terto e seus barrigudinhos
Se encaminham pro roçado
Aio, foice, enxó, machado
E a esperança no divino
Translation
Smile at the mouth of the night
The thunder sang
It's the patron saint's day
Saint Joseph blessed
It will rain there in the lowlands
The gorge fills and drags along
Brings new shoots for the pasture
And joy for the hoes
The sertanejo rejoices
When the rainy season arrives
The sertanejo dreams for leagues
When he sees wet earth
Very early in the morning
A roasted coffee
Sipped from the lip
It's a throat-clearer for beiju
Mischievous boy
Pokes the firebreak
Quickly discovers
A molasses of wild bees
The rooster crows in the yard
The little birds sing in harmony
Zé de Terto and his little ones
Head towards the cultivated field
Hoe, scythe, adze, axe
And hope in the divine
