Saudade da Minha Terra (feat. João Paulo e Daniel)

What good is it for me to live in the city
If happiness doesn't come with me?
Goodbye, little São Paulo of my heart
Back to my countryside, I want to return
To see the dawn, when the birds
Starting the daybreak, 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 regretting having left you
This new life here in the city
I've cried so much from missing you
There's someone here, who says they care for me
But it's not right for me, I've been thinking
I say with regret, but this brunette
Doesn't know the way I was raised
I'm here singing, listening from afar
Someone is crying with the radio on

What 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
What sweet memory of those parties
Where there were dances and beautiful girls
I live nowadays without joy
The world is harsh, but it also teaches
I'm upset, but not defeated
I am well guided by divine hands

I've already telegraphed to my dear mother
And I'm tired of suffering so much
This dawn, I'll be leaving
For the beloved land that saw me born
I already hear, dreaming, the rooster crowing
The tinamou chirping as it gets dark
The silver moonlight illuminating the road
The grass wet since nightfall
I need to go to see everything there
It's where I was born, where I want to die