Composer: Raimundinho do Acordeon, Banda Forró da Gente
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Porque será que o destino haje
Traiçoeiramente sem hora ou lugar
Seja grande ou pequenino
Estrangeiro ou nordestino
Chore quem chorar. (bis)
Vejo nessa força bruta
Uma crueldade o culta
A nos castigar
O pior que boa gente
Sem espera de repente
Se foram pra lá (bis)
O crueldade tão
Infelizmente sim
Se colidindo vidas
De saudade em mim
Translation
Why is it that destiny acts
Treacherously without time or place
Be it great or small
Foreigner or nordestino
Let whoever cries, cry. (bis)
I see in this brute force
A hidden cruelty
To punish us
The worst is that good people
Without warning, suddenly
Went there (bis)
Oh, such cruelty
Unfortunately, yes
Colliding lives
Of saudade in me
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