Amor de Sertão

Backcountry love happened to me
Somewhere in Bahia I smelled the girl
In your eyes I saw my future, my fate
My tears rolled like waterfall water
Before long the guitar would cry
All the pain that gripped my chest

And longing for the country girl who left
Just like the birds that flew away
Leaving in the backcountry an abandoned soul

But let this ingratitude go
At the singing of the field sparrow another sun will rise
I'll take it off my mind
I'll sing another verse, I'll try to forget you

Loneliness struck, the white-winged dove flew away
The mandacaru dried up, my time is coming
My life is now night, I no longer see the dawn

All because of the country girl born in the backcountry
Taking my life, also my heart
Promising me much love, but traded me for another João