Composer: Oswaldinho do Acordeon
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tudo em vorta é só beleza
Céu de abril e a mata em frô
Mas Assum Preto, cego dos olhos
Num vendo a luz, ai, chora de dor
Mas Assum Preto, cego dos olhos
Num vendo a luz, ai, chora de dor
Talvez pura ignorança
Ou maldade das pió
Furaro os olhos do Assum Preto
Pra ele assim, ai, cantá mió
Furaro os olhos do Assum Preto
Pra ele assim, ai, cantá mió
Assum Preto vive sorto
Mas num pode avuá
Viver a sina de uma gaiola
Se nem o céu, ai, pudesse oiá
Viver a sina de uma gaiola
Se nem o céu, ai, pudesse oiá
Assum Preto, o teu cantar
É tão triste quanto o meu
Também roubaram o meu amor, ai
Que era a luz, ai, dos olhos meus
Também roubaram, ai, o meu amor, ai
Que era a luz, ai, dos olhos meus
Translation
All around is only beauty
April sky and the forest in bloom
But the Blackbird, blind in its eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, cries in pain
But the Blackbird, blind in its eyes
Not seeing the light, oh, cries in pain
Perhaps pure ignorance
Or the worst kind of evil
They pierced the eyes of the Blackbird
So that it would, oh, sing better
They pierced the eyes of the Blackbird
So that it would, oh, sing better
The Blackbird lives trapped
But cannot fly away
To live the fate of a cage
Without even being able to, oh, look at the sky
To live the fate of a cage
Without even being able to, oh, look at the sky
Blackbird, your singing
Is as sad as mine
They also stole my love, oh
Who was the light, oh, of my eyes
They also stole, oh, my love, oh
Who was the light, oh, of my eyes
