Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Teixeira
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tudo em vorta é só beleza
Sol de abril e a mata em frô
Mas Assum Preto, cego dos óio
Num vendo a luz, ai, canta de dor
Mas Assum Preto, cego dos óio
Num vendo a luz, ai, canta de dor
Tarvez por ignorança
Ou mardade das pió
Furaro os óio do Assum Preto
Pra ele assim, ai, cantá mió
Furaro os óio do Assum Preto
Pra ele assim, ai, cantá mió
Assum Preto veve sorto
Mas num pode avuá
Mil vez a sina de uma gaiola
Desde que o céu, ai, pudesse oiá
Mil vez a sina de uma gaiola
Desde que o céu, ai, pudesse oiá
Assum Preto, o meu cantar
É tão triste como o teu
Também roubaro o meu amor
Que era a luz, ai, dos óios meus
Também roubaro o meu amor
Que era a luz, ai, dos óios meus
Translation
Everything around is only beauty
April sun and the forest in bloom
But the Blackbird, blind in the eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, sings in pain
But the Blackbird, blind in the eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, sings in pain
Perhaps through ignorance
Or the worst wickedness
They poked out the Blackbird's eyes
So that he, oh, could sing better
They poked out the Blackbird's eyes
So that he, oh, could sing better
The Blackbird lives free
But cannot fly
A thousand times the fate of a cage
As long as the sky, oh, he could see
A thousand times the fate of a cage
As long as the sky, oh, he could see
Blackbird, my singing
Is as sad as yours
They also stole my love
Who was the light, oh, of my eyes
They also stole my love
Who was the light, oh, of my eyes
