Composer: Trio Lubião
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Luar de sertão
Luar de sertão
Sertão de maria
Sertão de joão
Arde a cabana
Na lida do dia
Na noite é chamego
Festa e folia
Bate baião
Ciranda e rojão
Festa de lua
Arrasta pé de são joão
Essa noite de alegria
De folia e de sertão
Todo mundo se sacode
No forró do lubião
A vida sabe o homem
Faz até entristecer
O forró tem alegria
Faz o cara reviver
Acenda o lampião
E venha cá maria
Pois forró só acaba
Quando amanhecer o dia
Translation
Moonlight of the backlands
Moonlight of the backlands
Maria's backlands
João's backlands
The hut burns
In the toil of the day
At night it's cuddling
Party and revelry
The baião beats
Ciranda and fireworks
Moon party
Saint John's shuffle
This night of joy
Of revelry and backlands
Everyone shakes
In Lubião's forró
Life knows man
It even makes him sad
The forró has joy
Makes the guy revive
Light the lamp
And come here Maria
Because forró only ends
When the day dawns
