A Saudade e a Tristeza

The longing and the sadness came to visit me
Longing to see me, sadness made me cry
Who doesn't know what longing is, cannot have sadness
Longing reminds us of the past, sadness makes us suffer

In this life of gaucho living from payment to payment
Playing and singing verses, feeling all the affection
Time is passing by, I already feel my tired chest
My heart inside it has cried with sadness

I cried remembering the homeland that I keep in my heart
Of the parties and horseback rides in the rural dances
When I no longer sing in the places I loved so much
The longing and the sadness will pass where I sang

To all who are listening to the singer's verses
Singing, I have asked the old creator father
That I may play and sing in the rodeo of longing
That one day will be reunited in the fields of eternity