Chover (ou Invocação Para Um Dia Líquido)

The sabiá in the backlands
When it sings it moves me,
It sings for three months
And without singing for nine
Because it has the obligation
To only sing when it rains

To rain, to rain
Help me Ciço what can I do
To rain, to rain
A heavy third for the rain to fall
To rain, to rain
Even Maria stopped grinding
To rain, to rain
Banzo Batista, bagasse and banguê

To rain, to rain
Blind Aderaldo struggles to see
To rain, to rain
Since my eyes got tired of raining
To rain, to rain
Even Maria stopped grinding
To rain, to rain
Banzo Batista, bagasse and banguê

My people don't leave
By Itapemirim
Because even close to the end
Our backlands get better
The sky is silent now
But there will be thunder
To escape the clod
From the wall of the hut

The drum thundered, the rain poured

It rained, it rained
Lula Calixto turning Mateus
It rained, it rained
The belly full of everything it gave
It rained, it rained
Sweat and weariness after eating
It rained, it rained
Zabumba buzzing in God's lap
It rained, it rained
Inácio and Romano my verse and yours
It rained, it rained
Water from the eyes that the drought drank

When it rains in the backlands
The sun sets and the water flows
The toad vomits foam
Where a cow steps it gets stuck
And abundance hides the sack
That hunger begged for alms

Your cowboy it rained around here
Your cowboy it rained around here
It rained so much
There was so much water that my cow swam

*Zé Bernardinho
**João Paraíbano
***Touch for the cowboy