No Rancho Fundo – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: António Zambujo, Miguel Araújo

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the rich tapestry of Portuguese and Brazilian musical traditions through António Zambujo and Miguel Araújo's rendition of "No Rancho Fundo." This song offers a window into the emotion of 'saudade' and rural life, enhancing your understanding of Portuguese language and culture.

[English]

In the deep ranch

Way beyond the end of the world

Where pain and longing

Tell stories of the city

In the deep ranch

With a sad and profound gaze

A dark-haired man sings his sorrows

With eyes brimming with tears

Poor dark-haired man

Who at night, under the stars

Waits for the moon in the courtyard

With a cigarette as his companion

Without a gesture

He takes up his guitar

And the moon, out of charity

Comes to the yard of this dark-haired man

In the deep ranch

Way beyond the end of the world

There's never been joy again

Neither at night, nor during the day

The groves

No longer share secrets

And the last palm tree

Has died in the mountains

The birds

Have hibernated in their nests

Such is the sorrow that fills

Nature with darkness

All because

Just because of the dark-haired man

Who was great, now is small

For a house made of thatch

If God knew

Of the sorrow in the mountains

He would send all the love on earth

Up to the top

Because the dark-haired man

Lives crazy with longing

Just because of the poison

Of the city women

And he who was

The singer in spring

And who made the deep ranch

The best heaven in the world

If a flower

Blooms and the sun burns

The mountain will freeze

Reminding him of the dark-haired woman's scent

...

And now we're going to have a moment here

António Zambujo for the second time

Turns that analyzed the world of fado

Unsheathing, wielding an electric guitar

And it's going to happen now

António Zambujo on the electric guitar

And Miguel on the rabecão too

...

I ask you not to worry

Because we are trained professionals

...

May Saint Francis protect me

...

That's all, thank you!

...

[Portuguese]

No rancho fundo

Bem p'ra lá do fim do mundo

Onde a dor e a saudade

Contam coisas da cidade

No rancho fundo

De olhar triste e profundo

Um moreno canta as mágoas

Tendo os olhos rasos d'água

Pobre moreno

Que de noite no sereno

Espera a lua no terreiro

Tendo um cigarro por companheiro

Sem um aceno

Ele pega na viola

E a lua por esmola

Vem p'ro quintal desse moreno

No rancho fundo

Bem p'ra lá do fim do mundo

Nunca mais houve alegria

Nem de noite, nem de dia

Os arvoredos

Já não contam mais segredos

E a última palmeira

Já morreu na cordilheira

Os passarinhos

Hibernaram-se nos ninhos

De tão triste esta tristeza

Enche de trevas a natureza

Tudo porque

Só por causa do moreno

Que era grande, hoje é pequeno

P'ra uma casa de sapê

Se Deus soubesse

Da tristeza lá da serra

Mandaria lá p'ra cima

Todo o amor que há na terra

Porque o moreno

Vive louco de saudade

Só por causa do veneno

Das mulheres da cidade

E ele que era

O cantor na primavera

E que fez do rancho fundo

O céu melhor que há no mundo

Se uma flor

Desabrocha e o sol queima

A montanha vai gelando

Lembra o cheiro da morena

E agora vamos ter aqui um momento em que

António Zambujo pela segunda vez

Voltas que analisaram o mundo do fado

Desembainhando, empunhando uma guitarra elétrica

E vai acontecer agora

António Zambujo na guitarra elétrica

E Miguel no rabecão também

Peço para não se preocuparem

Porque nós somos profissionais treinados

Valha-me São Francisco gentil

Era só isto, obrigado!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rancho /ˈʁɐ̃ʃu/ B1	noun - a large farm or estate, especially in South America
saudade /sawˈðaðɨ/ B2	noun - a deep emotional state of melancholic nostalgia and yearning
moreno /moˈɾenu/ A2	noun - a dark-haired or dark-skinned person
triste /ˈtɾiʃtɨ/ A1	adjective - sad, unhappy
cordilheira /koɾdiˈʎɐjɾɐ/ B1	noun - a mountain range
palmeira /pawˈmejɾɐ/ B1	noun - a palm tree
natureza /nɐtuˈɾezɐ/ B1	noun - nature
veneno /vɨˈnɛnu/ B1	noun - poison
mulher /muˈʎɛʁ/ A1	noun - woman
canto /ˈkɐ̃tu/ A1	verb - to sing
violão /vi.oˈlɐ̃w/ B1	noun - guitar
lua /ˈlu.ɐ/ A1	noun - moon
amor /ɐˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
serra /ˈsɛʁɐ/ B1	noun - mountain range
primavera /pɾi.mɐˈvɛ.ʁɐ/ B1	noun - spring
flor /ˈfloʁ/ A1	noun - flower
sol /ˈsoɫ/ A1	noun - sun

Key Grammar Structures

• No rancho fundo

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating location

  ➔ 'No' is a preposition meaning 'at' or 'in', used here to specify the location of the ranch.

• O moreno canta as mágoas

  ➔ Definite article + noun + verb + direct object

  ➔ ‘O’ is the definite article ‘the’, used to specify 'the dark-skinned man', and 'canta' is the verb 'sings'.

• De olhar triste e profundo

  ➔ Prepositional phrase describing the look

  ➔ ‘De’ is a preposition meaning ‘of’, and the phrase describes the look as ‘sad and deep’.

• E a lua por esmola

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating manner or means

  ➔ ‘Por’ is a preposition meaning ‘for’ or ‘by’, and the phrase suggests the moon is given as ‘alms’.

• Vive louco de saudade

  ➔ Verb + adjective + preposition + noun

  ➔ ‘Vive’ is the verb ‘to live’ and ‘louco’ means ‘crazy’, with ‘de saudade’ indicating ‘filled with longing’.

• Se uma flor Desabrocha e o sol queima

  ➔ Conditional clause + verb + conjunction + verb

  ➔ ‘Se’ is the conjunction ‘if’, introducing a conditional clause. ‘Desabrocha’ and ‘queima’ are verbs ‘bloom’ and ‘burn’.

• Lembra o cheiro da morena

  ➔ Verb + article + noun + preposition + noun

  ➔ ‘Lembra’ is the verb ‘remembers’. ‘O cheiro da morena’ means ‘the smell of the brunette’.