Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Ouví dizer
Que o Engenho Massangana
Já faz três anos
Que não vira, não mói
É com tristeza
Que eu digo a vocês
Tristeza essa
Que maltrata e que dói
Faz muito mais
Faz muito mais, Zé
Que não sai fumaça da chaminé }bis
Inda me lembro
Quando eu ía a Cabo
Da Casa Grande
De seu Joaquim Nabuco
Homem direito
De leitura e saber
Que sempre honrou
Com seu valor, Pernambuco
Faz muito mais...
Eu tenho visto
Tanto engenho apagado
De fogo morto
Mas sem deixar tristeza
Só um eu ví
Que me encheu de saudade
Foi Massangana
Pela sua grandeza
Translation
I heard it said
That the Engenho Massangana
It's been three years now
That it doesn't turn, doesn't grind
It's with sadness
That I tell you
This sadness
That hurts and aches
It's been much longer
It's been much longer, Zé
That no smoke comes out of the chimney }bis
I still remember
When I used to go to Cabo
To the Casa Grande
Of Mr. Joaquim Nabuco
An upright man
Of reading and knowledge
Who always honored
With his worth, Pernambuco
It's been much longer...
I have seen
So many engenhos extinguished
With dead fires
But without leaving sadness
Only one I saw
That filled me with saudade
It was Massangana
For its greatness
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