No Rancho Fundo – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Chitãozinho & Xororó, Anavitória

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the evocative lyrics of 'No Rancho Fundo,' a song rich with emotion and imagery. Through its themes of saudade and transformation, you can delve into the nuances of longing and the impact of life experiences on our connection to places and memories.

[English]

Deep in the countryside

Far beyond the end of the world

Where pain and longing

Tell stories of the city

Deep in the countryside

With a sad, deep gaze

A dark-skinned man sings of heartbreaks

With tears just about to fall

Poor dark-skinned man

Who at night, in the cool air

Waits for the moon in the yard

With a cigarette as his only friend

Without a sign

He picks up his guitar

And the moon, as a gift

Comes to this man's yard

Deep in the countryside

Far beyond the end of the world

There’s never been happiness again

Neither at night nor during the day

The trees

No longer hold secrets

And the last palm tree

Has already died on the mountain range

The birds

Hibernated in their nests

So sad is this sadness

It darkens all of nature

All because

Just because of the dark-skinned man

Who was tall, now he's small

For a thatched-roof house

If only God knew

About the sorrow in the mountains

He’d send up there

All the love that exists on earth

Because that dark-skinned man

Lives crazy with longing

Just because of the poison

Of the city women

He was once

The singer of spring

And made the deep countryside

The most beautiful sky in the world

If a flower

Blooms and the sun scorches

The mountain cools down

Reminds him of the scent of the dark-skinned girl

...

[Portuguese]

No rancho fundo

Bem pra 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 pro quintal desse moreno

No rancho fundo

Bem pra 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

Pra uma casa de sapê

Se Deus soubesse

Da tristeza lá na serra

Mandaria lá pra cima

Todo o amor que há na terra

Porque o moreno

Vive louco de saudade

Só por causa do veneno

Das mulheres da cidade

Ele que era

O cantor da primavera

E que fez do rancho fundo

O céu melhor que tem no mundo

Se uma flor

Desabrocha e o sol queima

A montanha vai gelando

Lembra o cheiro da morena

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rancho /ˈʁã.tʃu/ A2	noun - ranch, farm
mundo /ˈmu.du/ A2	noun - world
saudade /sawˈda.dʒi/ B1	noun - longing, yearning
coração /ko.ɾaˈsãw/ A2	noun - heart
lua /ˈlu.a/ A1	noun - moon
moreno /moˈɾe.nu/ A2	adjective / noun - dark-haired, dark-skinned person
mágua /ˈmɐ.ɡwa/ B2	noun - sorrow, sadness
noite /ˈno.i.tʃi/ A2	noun - night
olhos /ˈo.ʎus/ A2	noun (plural) - eyes
cigarro /siˈɡaʁu/ B2	noun - cigarette
viola /viˈɔ.la/ A2	noun - violin
céu /seʊ/ A2	noun - sky
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love

Key Grammar Structures

• De olhar triste e profundo

  ➔ Use of adjective + 'e' + adjective to describe two qualities simultaneously

  ➔ The phrase demonstrates the use of 'e' (and) to connect two descriptive adjectives, emphasizing both qualities together.

• Um moreno canta as mágoas

  ➔ Use of 'um' as an indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' in Portuguese

  ➔ 'Um' functions as an indefinite article indicating a single, unspecified person, in this case, 'a dark-skinned man' that's performing the action.

• Hibernaram-se nos ninhos

  ➔ Use of reflexive pronoun 'se' with the verb to form a reflexive verb construction

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun 'se' indicates that the action is performed by the subject on itself, here meaning 'they hibernated'.

• Lembra o cheiro da morena

  ➔ Use of the verb 'lembrar' + the direct object with the preposition 'de' to indicate what is being remembered

  ➔ The verb 'lembrar' is used with the preposition 'de' to specify what is being remembered, in this case, 'the smell of the brunette'.