Ausente [English translation]

Farewell oh my people

I will take myself to the hard road

My soul ardently

Wants to rise and is frustrated

Far away is my horizon

A light remains for me in the distance

That bonfire on high mountain

Farewell oh my people

To whom I see repentant

The hands that denied me

Before now they gave them to me as friends

But within me burns

A scorching calm

Of the Alentejo in late afternoon

Farewell oh my people

Come see me at my parting

I was born on the wrong side

On the wrong side of life

Departing I become absent

And no memory will I keep

Oh! Farewell oh my people ...