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Luiz Gonzaga

Treze de DezembroDecember Thirteenth

Luiz Gonzaga · 50 anos de chão 50 Years of Experience (1996)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Bem que esta noite eu vi gente chegando

Eu vi sapo saltitando

E ao longe ouvi o ronco alegre do trovão

Alguma coisa forte pra valer

Estava para acontecer na região

Quando o galo cantou

Que o dia raiou eu imaginei

É que hoje é treze de dezembro

E a treze de dezembro

Nasceu nosso rei

O nosso rei do baião

A maior voz do sertão

Filho do sonho de D. Sebastião

Como fruto do matrimônio

Do cometa Januário

Com a estrela Santana

Ao nascer da era do Aquário

No cenário rico das terras de Exu

O mensageiro nu dos orixás

É desse treze de dezembro

Que eu me lembrarei

E sei que não me esquecerei jamais

Translation

Well, tonight I saw people arriving

I saw frogs hopping

And in the distance I heard the joyful rumble of thunder

Something truly strong

Was about to happen in the region

When the rooster crowed

That the day dawned, I imagined

It's because today is December thirteenth

And on December thirteenth

Our king was born

Our king of baião

The greatest voice of the sertão

Son of the dream of D. Sebastião

As fruit of the marriage

Of the comet Januário

With the star Santana

At the birth of the Age of Aquarius

In the rich scenery of the lands of Exu

The naked messenger of the orixás

It is this December thirteenth

That I will remember

And I know I will never forget

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