Composer: Trio Sabiá
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Foi no atravessar
Da ponte que eu notei
a agua barrenta na beira do rio
Que até parece estrada pissarra e barro
Que em lugar de carro, só se vê navio
Aeeh, só se vê navio
Corta o verde da cana no canavial
Leva o barro vermelho para o meio do mar
E o vapoe apita e vai contra a corrente
Levando somente a vontade de chegar
Aeeh, a vontade de chegar
Vem cá cintura fina
Cintura de pilão
Cintura de menina
Vem cá meu coração
Translation
It was while crossing
The bridge that I noticed
The muddy water at the river's edge
Which even looks like a dirt and clay road
Where instead of cars, you only see ships
Aeeh, you only see ships
It cuts the green of the sugarcane in the cane field
It takes the red clay to the middle of the sea
And the steamboat whistles and goes against the current
Taking only the desire to arrive
Aeeh, the desire to arrive
Come here, slender waist
Waist of a mortar
Waist of a girl
Come here, my heart
