Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Vai cartinha fechada
Não deixa ninguém te abrir
Àquela casa caiada
Donde mora a letra I
E diz que como a cacimba
Do rio que o verão secou
Meus óio chorou tanta mágoa
Que hoje sem água
Nem responde a dor
Vai diz que o amor
Fumega no meu coração
Tal e qual fogueira
Das noites de São João
Que eu sofro
Por viver sem ela
Tando longe dela
Só sei reclamar
Pois vivo como um passarinho
Que longe do ninho
Só pensa em voltar
Translation
Go, closed letter
Don't let anyone open you
To that whitewashed house
Where the letter I lives
And say that like the well
Of the river that the summer dried up
My eyes cried so much sorrow
That today without water
They don't even respond to the pain
Go, say that love
Smolders in my heart
Just like the bonfire
Of the nights of São João
That I suffer
For living without her
Being far from her
I only know how to complain
For I live like a little bird
That far from the nest
Only thinks of returning
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