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Luiz Gonzaga

Asa Branca - Ao vivoAsa Branca - Live

Luiz Gonzaga · Radio Live in the 1940's Radio Live in the 1940's (2020)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Teixeira

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Quando olhei a terra ardendo

Com 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

Nenhum pé de plantação

Por falta d'água, perdi meu gado

Morreu de sede, meu alazão

(Por falta d'água, perdi meu gado)

(Morreu de sede, meu alazão)


'Inté mesmo a asa branca

Bateu asas do sertão

Entonce' eu disse: Adeus, Rosinha

Guarda contigo, meu coração

(Entonce' eu disse: Adeus, Rosinha)

(Guarda contigo, meu coração)


Quando o verde dos teus olhos

Se espalhar na plantação

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?)


E o caboco voltou mesmo, menino

Quando ele soube que 'tava relampiando'

Que 'tava trovejando, ele disse: Vou-me embora


Vou plantar minha rocinha, vai vim inverno no sertão

Oxe, Rosa tá me esperando

Caboca sertaneja não faia' no trato


Desarmou a rede, fez a amarra, botou nas costas

Tacou apracata' com rulepe no pé

E na cadência das apracata'


Pataca cruzada, com rulepe

Pataca cruzada, com rulepe

Com rulepe, com rulepe, com rulepe


Ele se lembrou de Rosa

Se houver inverno

Vou dar a maior casada do mundo


Rosa tá me esperando, com rulepe

Pataca cruzada, com rulepe, com rulepe

Caboca sertaneja não faia' no trato


E no meu rancho

Com essa coragem que eu tenho pra trabaiá'

Não vai fartar' nada, não vai faltar arroz, mi', feijão

Não vai faltar macaxeira, jerimum, oxen!


Não vai fartar' amor, nem menino

Pra encurtar a viagem

Ele cantou A Volta Da Asa Branca


Já faz três noites que, pro Norte, relampeia

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')

(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 pra esse sertão sofredor

Sertão das muié' séria, dos homens trabaiador'

(De mandar chuva pra esse sertão sofredor)

(Sertão das muié' séria, dos homens trabaiador')


Sentindo a chuva, eu me arrescordo' de Rosinha

A linda fror' do meu sertão pernambucano

E se a safra não atrapaiá' meus pranos'

Que que há aí, ô, seu vigário? Vou casar no fim do ano

(E se a safra bão atrapaiá' meus pranos')

Que que há aí, Frei Damião?

Vou casar na suas missão que é mais barato

Translation

When I saw the land burning

With the bonfire of Saint John

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 chestnut horse died of thirst

(For lack of water, I lost my cattle)

(My chestnut horse died of thirst)


Even the white-winged dove

Flapped its wings from the backlands

Then I said: Goodbye, Rosinha

Keep my heart with you

(Then I said: Goodbye, Rosinha)

(Keep my heart with you)


When the green of your eyes

Spreads across the plantation

I assure you, don't cry, no, you hear?

That I will return, you hear, my heart?

(I assure you, don't cry, no, you hear?)

(That I will return, you hear, my heart?)


And the backwoodsman really returned, boy

When he heard that it was lightning

That it was thundering, he said: I'm leaving


I'm going to plant my little farm, winter will come to the backlands

Oxe, Rosa is waiting for me

Backlands girl doesn't fail in her promise


He untied the hammock, made the knot, put it on his back

He put on his 'apracata' with 'rulepe' on his foot

And in the rhythm of the 'apracata'


Crossed 'pataca', with 'rulepe'

Crossed 'pataca', with 'rulepe'

With 'rulepe', with 'rulepe', with 'rulepe'


He remembered Rosa

If there is winter

I will give the biggest wedding in the world


Rosa is waiting for me, with 'rulepe'

Crossed 'pataca', with 'rulepe', with 'rulepe'

Backlands girl doesn't fail in her promise


And in my ranch

With this courage that I have to work

Nothing will be missing, there will be no shortage of rice, my, beans

There will be no shortage of cassava, pumpkin, oxen!


There will be no shortage of love, nor children

To shorten the trip

He sang The Return of the White-Winged Dove


It's been three nights that it's been lightning to the North

White-winged dove, hearing the roar of thunder

Has already flapped its wings and returned to my backlands

Ai, ai, I'm going away, I'm going to take care of the planting

(Has already flapped its wings and returned to my backlands

(Ai, ai, I'm going away, I'm going to take care of the planting)


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

(To send rain to this suffering backlands)

(Backlands of serious women, of hardworking men)


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, oh, Father? I'm getting married at the end of the year

(And if the harvest doesn't mess up my plans)

What's up, Frei Damião? I'm getting married in your mission, which is cheaper

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