Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Paulo Afonso
Que coisa louca
Uma cachoeira rouca
De gritar aos engenheiros do país
Mas hoje escutaram o seu grito
Você tá fazendo bonito
E o povo do norte tá feliz
Ilumina Pernambuco
Paraíba e Alagoas
Ceará que coisa boa
E a Bahia é um clarão
Paulo Afonso
Se ligarem mais um fio
Você ilumina o Rio
São Paulo e toda a nação
Translation
Paulo Afonso
What a crazy thing
A hoarse waterfall
From shouting at the country's engineers
But today they heard its cry
You are doing beautifully
And the people of the north are happy
It illuminates Pernambuco
Paraíba and Alagoas
Ceará, what a good thing
And Bahia is a bright light
Paulo Afonso
If they connect one more wire
You illuminate Rio
São Paulo and the entire nation
