Returning to my land, I was reborn
In the years I was away, I think I died
I died of longing for my parents, siblings, and companions
At dusk in the old yard
We used to sing the most beautiful songs

Tuned guitar and in the voice a perfect duet
Far away I couldn't sing, my chest hurt
In the big city, I only had illusions

But I came back, I came back, I came back
And as I passed through the gate, the forest, and the perfume
I was escorted by the fireflies
Because it was a beautiful moonlit night

But I cried, I cried, I cried
Seeing my parents, my siblings coming to meet me
Happiness mixed my tears
With the dew of the night in this my place

I made money out there but it was all in vain
Nature is my world, I am the backlands
Running through the flowered fields like a child
Forget the sorrows and the follies
That life out there provided me

Hear the thrush singing and the dove
And the happiness of a great kiskadee
That seems to say my friend has returned
But I came back, I came back, I came back
And as I passed through the gate, the forest, and the perfume
I was escorted by the fireflies
Because it was a beautiful moonlit night

But I cried, I cried, I cried
Seeing my parents, my siblings coming to meet me
Happiness mixed my tears
With the dew of the night in this my place

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