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Amazon River

Dori Caymmi

Rio Amazonas

Nas águas do rio Amazonas
O meu coração se banhou
No fundo encantado do lado de lá
A voz da Iara chamou, ouvi chamar

Seu canto cruzou o Amazonas
No bico de um sabiá
Nas asas do vento essa voz se espalhou
Em cada palmeira-bandeira hasteada no ar

Brasil
No bananal, Brasil
No Pantanal, Brasil
No Rio-Mar

Lá no sertão, Brasil
No litoral, Brasil
Meu coração, Brasil
Pôde escutar

Um sabiá, Brasil
Num pé de pau-brasil
Que me ensinou, Brasil
O meu cantar

Ah, Brasil
No bananal, Brasil
No Pantanal, Brasil
No Rio-Mar

Lá no sertão, Brasil
No litoral, Brasil
Meu coração, Brasil
Pôde escutar

Um sabiá, Brasil
Num pé de pau-brasil
Que me ensinou, Brasil
O meu cantar

Amazon River

In the waters of the Amazon River
My heart was bathed
In the enchanted background on the other side
Iara's voice called, I heard her calling

His song crossed the Amazon
In the beak of a thrush
On the wings of the wind this voice spread
On every palm tree raised in the air

Brazil
In the banana plantation, Brazil
In the Pantanal, Brazil
In the River-Sea

There in the backlands, Brazil
On the coast, Brazil
My heart, Brazil
Could hear

A thrush, Brazil
On a brazilwood tree
Who taught me, Brazil
My singing

Ah, Brazil
In the banana plantation, Brazil
In the Pantanal, Brazil
In the River-Sea

There in the backlands, Brazil
On the coast, Brazil
My heart, Brazil
Could hear

A thrush, Brazil
On a brazilwood tree
Who taught me, Brazil
My singing

Escrita por: Dori Caymmi / Paulo César Pinheiro