Sertões

Wandering about the scorching wilderness In search of a new life, the southward journey starts Barren lives, devoid of dreams and hope Barren lives, desensitized, without a voice On they march Monomyth of the destitute Eulogy of the oppressed Rise against all the adversity Of your soul never bereft Every step is filled with bitter pain Homesickness and memories of a world left behind Yet their odyssey goes on Towards the light of a new dawn "Eu sou de uma terra em que o povo padece Mas não esmorece e procura vencer Eu sou brasileiro, filho do nordeste Sou cabra da peste, sou do Ceará"* On they march March!!! Barren lives, devoid of dreams and hope Barren lives, the world shall hear their voice O sertão vai virar mar, e o mar, sertão *Patativa do Assaré