by
Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)
Dansa (Martelo)
Language: Portuguese (Português)
Irerê, meu passarinho do sertão do Cariri,
Irerê, meu companheiro,
Cadê viola?
Cadê meu bem?
Cadê Maria?
Ah! Ai triste sorte do violeiro cantadô,
Ah! Sem a viola em que cantava o seu amô,
Seu assobio é tua flauta de Irerê,
Que tua flauta do Sertão quando assobia, ah!
A gente sofre sem querê! Ah!
Teu canto chega lá do fundo do sertão, ah!
Como u'a brisa amolecendo o coração, ah!
Irerê, solta teu canto!
Canta mais!
Canta mais!Pra lembrá o Cariri!
Canta, Cambaxirra! Canta Juriti!
Canta irerê! Canta, canta, sofrê...
Patativa! Bem-te-vi! Maria acorda que é dia!
Cantem todos vocês, passarinhos do sertão
Bem-te-vi... Êh! Sabiá!
Lá liá liá liá liá liá êh Sabiá da mata cantadô!
Liá liá liá liá...
Lá liá liá liá liá liá êh Sabiá da mata sofredô!
O vosso canto vem do fundo do sertão
Como uma brisa amolecendo o coração...
Irerê meu passarinho etc.
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- ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "Dance", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 26
Word count: 151
Dance
Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)
Irerê, my little bird of the sertão (desert) of Cariri
Irerê, my companion,
Where is the guitar,
Where is my beloved,
Where is Maria?
Ah! Sad fate of singer guitar-player
Ah! Without his guitar with which he sang to his love
His whistle is his flute of Irerê
And his flute of desert, when whistles, ah!
We suffer without wishing!
Your singing comes just from the deep desert
Like a breeze that melts the heart! Ah!
Irerê! Free your singing!
Sing more,
Sing more to remind me Cariri!
Sing Cambaxirra, Sing Juriti,
Sing Irerê, Sing suffering
Patativa, Bem-te-vi, Maria, wake up, it is morning!
Sing all of you, birds of desert!
Bem-te-vi, eh! Sabiá!
Lá liá liá liá liá liá... Eh Sabiá, singer of the woods!
Liá liá liá liá...
Lá liá liá liá liá liá... Eh Sabiá, sufferer of the woods!
Your singing comes from the deep sertão
Like a breeze that melts the heart!
Irerê, my little bird etc.
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Line count: 26
Word count: 161
