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Asa BrancaAsa Branca (White Wing)

Zé Gonzaga · Forró do Zé Gonzaga Forró of Zé Gonzaga (2018)

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Composer: Zé Gonzaga

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Quando olhei a terra ardendo

Qual fogueira de São João

Eu perguntei a Deus do céu, ai

Por que tamanha judiação


Que braseiro, que fornalha

Nem um pé de plantação

Por falta d'água perdi meu gado

Morreu de sede, meu alazão


Até mesmo a Asa Branca

Bateu asas do sertão

Então eu disse: Adeus, Rosinha

Guarda contigo meu coração


Hoje longe, muitas léguas

Numa triste solidão

Espero a chuva cair de novo

Pra eu voltar pro meu sertão


Quando o verde dos teus olhos

Se espalhar na plantação

Eu te asseguro: não chores, não, viu?

Que eu voltarei, viu?

Meu coração.

Translation

When I saw the land burning

Like a Saint John's bonfire

I asked God in heaven, oh

Why such suffering


What a brazier, what a furnace

Not a single plant

For lack of water I lost my cattle

My chestnut horse died of thirst


Even the White Wing

Flapped its wings from the backlands

Then I said: Goodbye, Rosinha

Keep my heart with you


Today far away, many leagues

In a sad solitude

I wait for the rain to fall again

So I can return to my backlands


When the green of your eyes

Spreads across the plantation

I assure you: don't cry, no, you see?

That I will return, you see?

My heart.

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