Maria Bonita e Lampião

Maria Bonita and Lampião

The scourge of droughts
The greed and thirst for power
The hunger of the infamous

The exploitation of the weak and defenseless
The subservient backlands
The imposition of the irrational

Satisfaction of the feudal lords...

Left to their own fate
Fighting against death
Fighting to live
Without anything to eat

The cause and the effect
There was no other way
Fighting for the right
Killing to not die

Time...

In the midst of wanderings
In the Caatinga, oh white forest
In search of a river
In the Northeast of Brazil

The root of the umbuzeiro
The thirst, the despair
The tree that gives to drink
So the gunmen don't die

Fighting against the system
Sometimes it was pitiful
There was nothing to do
They couldn't contain us...

Time...

The men came

Running from the fair
Descending the hill
Pulling out the knife
There by the riverbank
Eating dust
A disaster...
It was kill or be killed...

There was so much bitterness in the heart
Loneliness punished
Without the comfort of home
Without anyone to love

Lost in the darkness
A vision shone
Near Santa Brígida
Maria was seen...

CHORUS
Maria Bonita and Lampião, Dream love and passion...

Eight years passed
They became a legend
And left a daughter

But one day, somewhat awkward
They were shown no respect
They were caught

Between Sergipe and Alagoas
They killed these people
With bullets and machetes
Heartless men...

They killed Lampião, Maria Bonita died...

CHORUS
Maria Bonita and Lampião, Dream love and passion...