No Rancho Fundo

• Por: Chitãozinho & Xororó, Anavitória

Letra:

[Português]

[English]

No rancho fundo

Deep in the countryside

Bem pra lá do fim do mundo

Far beyond the end of the world

Onde a dor e a saudade

Where pain and longing

Contam coisas da cidade

Tell stories of the city

No rancho fundo

Deep in the countryside

De olhar triste e profundo

With a sad, deep gaze

Um moreno canta as mágoas

A dark-skinned man sings of heartbreaks

Tendo os olhos rasos d'água

With tears just about to fall

Pobre moreno

Poor dark-skinned man

Que de noite, no sereno

Who at night, in the cool air

Espera a lua no terreiro

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

Ele pega na viola

He picks up his guitar

E a lua, por esmola

And the moon, as a gift

Vem pro quintal desse moreno

Comes to this man's yard

No rancho fundo

Deep in the countryside

Bem pra lá do fim do mundo

Far beyond the end of the world

Nunca mais houve alegria

There’s never been happiness again

Nem de noite, nem de dia

Neither at night nor during the day

Os arvoredos

The trees

Já não contam mais segredos

No longer hold secrets

E a última palmeira

And the last palm tree

Já morreu na cordilheira

Has already died on the mountain range

Os passarinhos

The birds

Hibernaram-se nos ninhos

Hibernated in their nests

De tão triste esta tristeza

So sad is this sadness

Enche de trevas a natureza

It darkens all of nature

Tudo porque

All because

Só por causa do moreno

Just because of the dark-skinned man

Que era grande, hoje é pequeno

Who was tall, now he's small

Pra uma casa de sapê

For a thatched-roof house

Se Deus soubesse

If only God knew

Da tristeza lá na serra

About the sorrow in the mountains

Mandaria lá pra cima

He’d send up there

Todo o amor que há na terra

All the love that exists on earth

Porque o moreno

Because that dark-skinned man

Vive louco de saudade

Lives crazy with longing

Só por causa do veneno

Just because of the poison

Das mulheres da cidade

Of the city women

Ele que era

He was once

O cantor da primavera

The singer of spring

E que fez do rancho fundo

And made the deep countryside

O céu melhor que tem no mundo

The most beautiful sky in the world

Se uma flor

If a flower

Desabrocha e o sol queima

Blooms and the sun scorches

A montanha vai gelando

The mountain cools down

Lembra o cheiro da morena

Reminds him of the scent of the dark-skinned girl

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Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario	Significados
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

Gramática:

• 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'.