Composer: Sandra Belê
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Foi por entre as folhas dos pés de banana anã
Foi no cajueiro lá na beira da estrada
Que eu vi a comadre com olhos de onça pintada
Trançando o cabelo, preparando a cipoada
Eu, eu vi os olhos da mata a me observar
Eu vi morcego mamando no mangará
Foi quando a coruja gritou na noite anciã
Quando a Lua cheia despencou na madrugada
Dona Severina foi pegar a espingarda
Pra espantar raposa que no terreiro rondava
Eu vi pela brecha da janela o bicho lá
Eu vi morcego mamando no mangará
Foi quando a coruja gritou na noite anciã
Foi no cajueiro lá na beira da estrada
Que eu vi a comadre com olhos de onça pintada
Trançando o cabelo, preparando a cipoada
Eu, eu vi os olhos da mata a me observar
Eu vi morcego mamando no mangará
Foi quando a coruja gritou na noite anciã
Quando a Lua cheia despencou na madrugada
Dona Severina foi pegar a espingarda
Pra espantar raposa que no terreiro rondava
Eu vi pela brecha da janela o bicho lá
Eu vi morcego mamando no mangará
Eu vi pela brecha da janela o bicho lá
Eu vi morcego mamando no mangará
Translation
It was among the leaves of the dwarf banana trees
It was at the cashew tree by the roadside
That I saw the woman with jaguar eyes
Braiding her hair, preparing the switch
I, I saw the eyes of the forest observing me
I saw a bat suckling on the banana blossom
It was when the owl hooted in the ancient night
When the full moon plunged down at dawn
Dona Severina went to get her shotgun
To scare away the fox that prowled in the yard
I saw the creature there through the window's crack
I saw a bat suckling on the banana blossom
It was when the owl hooted in the ancient night
It was at the cashew tree by the roadside
That I saw the woman with jaguar eyes
Braiding her hair, preparing the switch
I, I saw the eyes of the forest observing me
I saw a bat suckling on the banana blossom
It was when the owl hooted in the ancient night
When the full moon plunged down at dawn
Dona Severina went to get her shotgun
To scare away the fox that prowled in the yard
I saw the creature there through the window's crack
I saw a bat suckling on the banana blossom
I saw the creature there through the window's crack
I saw a bat suckling on the banana blossom
