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Zito Borborema

É Só SaudadeIt's Just Longing

Zito Borborema · Mensagem do Nordeste Message from the Northeast (1972)

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Composer: Zito Borborema

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Full lyrics

Vi o riacho correndo

Quando o inverno chegou

Vi também tudo morrendo

Quando o riacho secou

Foi aí que disse adeus

Ao pedacinho de terra

Que ficou lá bem distante

Do sertão no pé de serra

E agora é só saudade

Que me invade o coração

Meu amor minha amizade

Ficou naquele sertão

E agora é só saudade

Que me invade o coração

Meu amor minha amizade

Ficou naquele sertão

Eu quisera que a saudade

Fosse embora de uma vez

Ou que fosse me deixando

Cada dia e cada mês

juro por nossa senhora

Do sertão nunca esqueci

Mas seca me devora

Vou ficando por aqui

E agora é só saudade

Que me invade o coração

Meu amor minha amizade

Ficou naquele sertão

Translation

I saw the stream running

When winter arrived

I also saw everything dying

When the stream dried up

It was then that I said goodbye

To the little piece of land

That remained far away

From the backlands at the foot of the mountain

And now it's just longing

That invades my heart

My love, my friendship

Remained in that backland

And now it's just longing

That invades my heart

My love, my friendship

Remained in that backland

I wish that the longing

Would go away at once

Or that it would leave me

Each day and each month

I swear by Our Lady

I never forgot the backland

But the drought devours me

I'm staying here

And now it's just longing

That invades my heart

My love, my friendship

Remained in that backland

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