Lyrics and translation Silvio Caldas - Por Causa Desta Cabocla

Por Causa Desta Cabocla

À tarde, quando de volta da serra
Com os pés sujinhos de terra
Vem a cabocla passar

Às flores vem pra beira do caminho
Pra ver aquele jeitinho
Que ela tem de caminhar

E quando ela na rede adormece
E o seio moreno esquece
De na camisa ocultar

As rolas, as rolas também morenas
Cobrem-lhe o colo de penas
Pra ele se agasalhar

À noite dos seus cabelos os grampos
São feitos de pirilampos
Que às estrelas querem chegar

E as águas dos rios que vão passando
Fitam seus olhos pensando
Que já chegaram ao mar

Com ela dorme toda a natureza
Emudece a correnteza
Fica o céu todo apagado

Somente com o nome dela na boca
Pensando nesta cabocla
Fica um caboclo acordado

E quando ela na rede adormece
E o seio moreno esquece
De na camisa ocultar

As rolas, as rolas também morenas
Cobrem-lhe o colo de penas
Pra ele se agasalhar

Because of This Indian Girl

In the afternoon, when I return from the mountains
With my feet dirty with soil
The Indian girl comes by

She comes to the flowers by the side of the path
To watch that little way she has
Of walking

And when she falls asleep in her hammock
And her dark breasts forget
To hide under her shirt

The doves, the doves also dark-skinned
Cover her bosom with feathers
So it can stay warm

At night, the hairpins in her hair
Are like fireflies
That want to reach the stars

And the waters of the rivers that flow by
Look at her eyes and think
That they have reached the sea

With her, all of nature sleeps
The current falls silent
The whole sky is darkened

Only with her name on my lips
Thinking of this Indian girl
An Indian man stays awake

And when she falls asleep in her hammock
And her dark breasts forget
To hide under her shirt

The doves, the doves also dark-skinned
Cover her bosom with feathers
So it can stay warm