Composer: Os Filhos do Nordeste
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Com tanta fogueira
O meu coração
Bateu na carreira
De aceleração
Lembrando o tempo que eu era criança
E tinha esperança de vê São João
Fazia promessa
Olhava a bacia
E com alegria eu vi o balão
No céu, subindo,
Eu vi o balão
No céu, subindo,
O povo na rua brincava
Fazendo adivinhação
E eu por ai procurava
Me encontrar com São João
Translation
With so many bonfires
My heart
Raced
With acceleration
Remembering the time I was a child
And had hope of seeing São João
I made promises
I looked at the basin
And with joy I saw the sky lantern
In the sky, rising,
I saw the sky lantern
In the sky, rising,
The people in the street played
Doing divination
And I searched around there
To meet São João
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