Cuando los ángeles lloran [English translation]

They killed Chico Méndez.

He was a defender and an angel

of all the Amazon people.

It was cold-blooded murder.

Collor de Mello knew it,

and so did the police.

When the angels cry,

rain falls on the village.

Rain falls on the bell tower.

Someone was killed.

An angel fell.

An angel died.

An angel has departed

and won’t return.

When the assassin was fleeing,

and Chico Méndez was dying,

the jungle was drowning in tears.

He left behind two lovely children,

a courageous wife,

and a jungle in agony.

When the angels cry

it is for each tree that dies -

each star that burns out.

Oh, no, no.

An angel fell.

An angel died.

An angel has departed

and won’t return.

An angel fell.

An angel died.

An angel has departed.

He left, flying away at dawn.

When the angels cry,

when the angels cry,

it will rain.

When the angels cry,

when the angels cry,

it will rain.

Huuuu aaaa ho... no..no..

Huuuu aaaa ho... no..no