Saudade da Minha Terra (part. Michel Teló)

Longing for My Land (feat. Michel Teló)

What good is it for me to live in the city
If happiness doesn't come with me
Goodbye, little person from São Paulo in my heart
To my countryside, I want to return
To see the dawn, when the birds
Making the morning, begin to sing
With satisfaction, I saddle the horse
Cutting through the road, I start to gallop
And I listen to the cattle bellowing
The thrush singing in the jequitibá

By Our Lady, my beloved countryside
I live in regret for having left
This new life here in the city
With so much longing, I have cried
Here is someone, who says they care for me
But it's not convenient for me, I have thought
I feel sorry, but this brunette
Doesn't know the system I was raised in
I'm here singing, listening from afar
Someone is crying, with the radio on

Such immense longing for the countryside and the woods
For the gentle stream that cuts through the fields
On Sundays, I used to go for a canoe ride
In the beautiful lagoons of crystal-clear waters
Such sweet memories of those parties
Where there were dances and beautiful girls
I live nowadays without joy
The world is harsh, but also teaches
I am upset, but not defeated
I am well guided by divine hands

I have already telegraphed to my dear mother
And I am tired of suffering so much
This dawn I will be leaving
For the beloved land that saw me born
I already hear, dreaming, the rooster crowing
The tinamou chirping at dusk
The silver moonlight illuminating the roads
The grass wet since nightfall
I need to go to see everything there
It was where I was born, there I want to die