Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu aprendi a soletrar
e ja vou responder
cartinha de minha mae
do meu bem querer
remexendo os meus guardados
um biletinho eu achei
volte pra casa menino
a muito te perdooei
por aqui ta trovejando
é sinal que vai chover
nao devias ter fugido
filhinho do bem querer
agora vou lhe contar mae
porque seu filho fugiu
eu queria aprender ler
pra saber o que e Brazil
essa pedra preciosa faltando lapidaçao
quando ja esta quase pronta
sofre sempre um arranhao
e tal e qual um vaqueiro mae
sem cavalo e sem gibao
no estouro da boiada
faz cortar o coraçao
Translation
I learned to spell
and I'm going to answer
a letter from my mother
of my beloved
rummaging through my keepsakes
a little note I found
come home boy
I have long forgiven you
here it's thundering
it's a sign that it will rain
you shouldn't have run away
son of the beloved
now I'll tell you mother
why your son ran away
I wanted to learn to read
to know what is Brazil
this precious stone lacking polishing
when it's almost ready
always suffers a scratch
and it's just like a cowboy mother
without a horse and without leather clothes
in the stampede
it cuts the heart
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