História de um Prego [English translation]

My son, come here, hurry!

Come sit with me

I'm your father, I'm your friend

I want to advise you

Look on the wall, that nail, there nailed;

He knows my pass, but I want to tell you

On that nail

I hung my rope 1

Picasso's harness

My pet horse

And a pair of spurs

That cost a lot of money

And the cowboy hat

That I dealt in the sertão 2

On that nail

I hung a lot of tiredness

A lot of sweat from haze

And dust from the road

And how many times

My sadness I hung

And feelings I kept

To not hurt your feelings

From now on

I will take off my rope

And the Picasso's harness

And put away the spurs

On that nail

Hang up a bag

Full of school books

And desire to study

When tomorrow

You are sitting here

Remembering our pass

Looking the pioneer nail

I want you to be

A very famous doctor 3

And say proudly

I'm the son of a cowboy

1. rope used to lasso the cattle 2. In modern terms, "sertão" refers to a semi-arid region in northeastern Brazil, comprising parts of the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Maranhão, Piauí, Sergipe, and Minas Gerais.3. Doctor is a expression for anyone with a bachelor degree, mainly lawyer, physician at the time this song was composed