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Chambinho Do Acordeon

Asa Branca / Volta da Asa BrancaWhite Wing / Return of the White Wing

Chambinho Do Acordeon · Grito de São João Cry of São João (2018)

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Composer: Chambinho do Acordeon

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Quando olhei a terra ardendo

Qual a fogueira de São João

Eu perguntei a Deus do céu, ai

Por que tamanha judiação

Eu perguntei a Deus do céu, ai

Por que tamanha judiação


Que braseiro, que fornalha

Nem um pé de prantação

Por falta d'água perdi meu gado

Morreu de sede meu alazão

Por farta d'água perdi meu gado

Morreu de sede meu alazão

Inté mesmo a asa branca

Bateu asas do sertão

Então eu disse, adeus Rosinha

Guarda contigo meu coração


Então eu disse, adeus Rosinha

Guarda contigo meu coração

Hoje longe, muitas léguas

Numa triste solidão

Espero a chuva cair de novo

Pra mim voltar pro meu sertão


Espero a chuva cair de novo

Pra mim voltar pro meu sertão

Quando o verde dos teus olhos

Se espalhar na prantação

Eu te asseguro não chore não, viu

Que eu voltarei, viu

Meu coração


Eu te asseguro não chore não, viu

Que eu voltarei, viu

Meu coração

Já faz três noites

Que pro norte relampeia

A asa branca

Ouvindo o ronco do trovão

Já bateu asas

E voltou pro meu sertão

Ai, ai eu vou me embora

Vou cuidar da prantação


A seca fez eu desertar da minha terra

Mas felizmente Deus agora se alembrou

De mandar chuva

Pr'esse sertão sofredor

Sertão das muié séria

Dos homes trabaiador


Rios correndo

As cachoeira tão zoando

Terra moiada

Mato verde, que riqueza

E a asa branca

Tarde canta, que beleza

Ai, ai, o povo alegre

Mais alegre a natureza


Sentindo a chuva

Eu me arrescordo de Rosinha

A linda flor

Do meu sertão pernambucano

E se a safra

Não atrapaiá meus pranos

Que que há, o seu vigário

Vou casar no fim do ano.

Translation

When I saw the land burning

Like a Saint John's bonfire

I asked God in heaven, oh

Why such affliction

I asked God in heaven, oh

Why such affliction


What a brazier, what a furnace

Not a single plant growing

For lack of water, I lost my cattle

My sorrel horse died of thirst

For lack of water, I lost my cattle

My sorrel horse died of thirst

Even the white-winged dove

Flew away from the backlands

Then I said, goodbye Rosinha

Keep my heart with you


Then I said, goodbye Rosinha

Keep my heart with you

Today far away, many leagues

In a sad solitude

I wait for the rain to fall again

For me to return to my backlands


I wait for the rain to fall again

For me to return to my backlands

When the green of your eyes

Spreads across the plantation

I assure you, don't cry, you see

That I will return, you see

My heart


I assure you, don't cry, you see

That I will return, you see

My heart

It's been three nights

That it's been lightning in the north

The white-winged dove

Hearing the rumble of thunder

Has flapped its wings

And returned to my backlands

Oh, oh, I'm going away

I'm going to take care of the plantation


The drought made me desert my land

But fortunately, God now remembered

To send rain

To this suffering backlands

Backlands of serious women

Of hardworking men


Rivers flowing

The waterfalls are roaring

Wet land

Green forest, what richness

And the white-winged dove

Sings late, what beauty

Oh, oh, the happy people

The happier nature


Feeling the rain

I remember Rosinha

The beautiful flower

Of my Pernambuco backlands

And if the harvest

Doesn't mess up my plans

What's up, your vicar

I'm getting married at the end of the year.

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