Cuando los ángeles lloran [English translation]

They killed Chico Méndez.

He was a defender and an angel

of all the Amazon.

He died in cold blood,

and Collor de Mello and the police knew it.

When the angels cry

rain falls on the village,

rain falls on the bell tower.

Someone died.

an angel fell,

an angel died,

an angel went away

and won’t return.

When the assassin fled

and Chico Méndez died,

the jungle drowned in weeping.

He left two beautiful 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.

An angel fell,

an angel died,

an angel went away

and won’t return.

An angel fell,

an angel died,

an angel went away,

went flying away in the daybreak.

When the angels cry,

when the angels cry,

it will rain.

When the angels cry,

when the angels cry,

it will rain.