No Rancho Fundo

• Por: António Zambujo, Miguel Araújo

Letra:

[Português]

[English]

No rancho fundo

In the deep old cabin

Bem p'ra lá do fim do mundo

Way beyond the edge of the world

Onde a dor e a saudade

Where pain and longing are

Contam coisas da cidade

Tell stories of the city

No rancho fundo

In that deep old cabin

De olhar triste e profundo

With a sad, deep look

Um moreno canta as mágoas

A dark-skinned man sings his sorrows

Tendo os olhos rasos d'água

With tears filling his eyes

Pobre moreno

Poor young man

Que de noite no sereno

Waiting out at night in the open air

Espera a lua no terreiro

He waits for the moon in the yard

Tendo um cigarro por companheiro

With a cigarette as his only friend

Sem um aceno

Without a sign or wave

Ele pega na viola

He picks up his guitar

E a lua por esmola

And prays to the moon like a gift

Vem p'ro quintal desse moreno

Comes to the backyard of this young man

No rancho fundo

In that deep old cabin

Bem p'ra lá do fim do mundo

Way beyond the edge of the world

Nunca mais houve alegria

There was never joy again

Nem de noite, nem de dia

Neither night nor day

Os arvoredos

The woods

Já não contam mais segredos

No longer hide their secrets

E a última palmeira

And the last palm tree

Já morreu na cordilheira

Has died on the mountain range

Os passarinhos

The little birds

Hibernaram-se nos ninhos

Have gone into hibernation in their nests

De tão triste esta tristeza

Because this sadness is so deep

Enche de trevas a natureza

Nature is filled with darkness

Tudo porque

All because

Só por causa do moreno

Of that young man

Que era grande, hoje é pequeno

Who was so tall, now he's small

P'ra uma casa de sapê

For a thatched house

Se Deus soubesse

If God knew

Da tristeza lá da serra

About the sadness from the mountain range

Mandaria lá p'ra cima

He'd send it all up high

Todo o amor que há na terra

All the love there is on Earth

Porque o moreno

Because that young man

Vive louco de saudade

Lives mad with longing

Só por causa do veneno

Just because of the poison

Das mulheres da cidade

Of the women from the city

E ele que era

And he once was

O cantor na primavera

The singer in springtime

E que fez do rancho fundo

And made that deep old cabin

O céu melhor que há no mundo

The best sky in the world

Se uma flor

If a flower

Desabrocha e o sol queima

Blooms and the sun burns

A montanha vai gelando

The mountain starts freezing

Lembra o cheiro da morena

It reminds me of her scent

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E agora vamos ter aqui um momento em que

And now we're about to have a moment where

António Zambujo pela segunda vez

António Zambujo, for the second time

Voltas que analisaram o mundo do fado

Turns that explored the world of fado

Desembainhando, empunhando uma guitarra elétrica

Drawing and wielding an electric guitar

E vai acontecer agora

And now it's going to happen

António Zambujo na guitarra elétrica

António Zambujo on the electric guitar

E Miguel no rabecão também

And Miguel with the fiddle too

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Peço para não se preocuparem

Please don't worry

Porque nós somos profissionais treinados

Because we're pros, trained and ready

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Valha-me São Francisco gentil

God help me, kind Saint Francis

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Era só isto, obrigado!

That's it, thank you!

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Gramática:

• 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’.