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Luiz Gonzaga

Sertâo SofredorSuffering Sertão

Luiz Gonzaga · As 30 melhores The 30 Best (2016)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

- Falando:

Ah, meu sertão véio sofredô! Terrazinha pesada da gota! Terra mole, vote...

Quando chove lá, chove prá derreter tudo. A terra vira lama, a cheia acaba com os pobres, açudão pro mundo...Aquilo num é nem chuva, é dilúvio! E quando não chove é mais pior meu chefe! É o verão brabo! Torrando tudo, lascando, acabando com o que era verde! Home... Pulo verão no meu sertão, de verde só fica mermo pano de bilhar, óculo reiban e pena de papagaio! É um desadouro meu chefe!

Ah, Sertão Veio sofredor!

Inté Paulo Afonso, que era a redenção do Nordeste, virou coisa de luxo. Só está servindo móde iluminar as cidade grande.

Cadê as fábrica?

Cadê as industria?

Cadê as coisa boa anunciada pro Nordeste?

E se vier outra seca lascada?

Ah! Ah! È uma praga meu chefe...

Ah! Sertãzinho sofredor...

É por isso que eu canto:

Posso falar? - Pode...

-Cantando: Quero falar

Do meu sertão

Meu sertãozinho

Desprezado como o que

Peço a atenção

De toda gente

Prá minha terra

Terra do meu bem querer


Matéria-prima

Tudo temos de primeira, sim

Valor humano

Gente honesta e ordeira também

O que nos falta então

É uma ajuda leal

Do grande chefe

Do governo Federal

Pois é...

Translation

Ah, my old suffering sertão! Such a terribly difficult land! Soft earth, my goodness...

When it rains there, it rains to melt everything. The earth turns to mud, the flood destroys the poor, a huge dam for the world... That's not even rain, it's a deluge! And when it doesn't rain, it's even worse, my boss! It's the fierce summer! Scorching everything, cracking, destroying what was green! Man... During summer in my sertão, the only green things left are billiard cloth, Ray-Ban glasses, and parrot feathers! It's a disaster, my boss!

Ah, old suffering Sertão!

Even Paulo Afonso, which was the redemption of the Nordeste, turned into a luxury item. It's only serving to illuminate the big cities.

Where are the factories?

Where are the industries?

Where are the good things announced for the Nordeste?

And if another devastating drought comes?

Ah! Ah! It's a curse, my boss...

Ah! Suffering Sertãzinho...

That's why I sing:

Can I speak? - You can...


-Singing: I want to speak

Of my sertão

My sertãozinho

Extremely despised

I ask for the attention

Of all people

For my land

Land of my beloved

Raw material

We have everything first-rate, yes

Human value

Honest and orderly people too

What we lack then

Is loyal help

From the great chief

Of the Federal government

Indeed...

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