Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Gonzaguinha
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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 just beauty
April sun and the forest in bloom
But Assum Preto, blind in the eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, sings of pain
But Assum Preto, blind in the eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, sings of pain
Perhaps out of ignorance
Or the worst kind of malice
They pierced the eyes of Assum Preto
So that he, oh, would sing better
They pierced the eyes of Assum Preto
So that he, oh, would sing better
Assum Preto 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
Assum Preto, my singing
Is as sad as yours
They also stole my love
Which was the light, oh, of my eyes
They also stole my love
Which was the light, oh, of my eyes
