Último Pau-de-Arara [English translation]

By here life only turns bad...

when it doesn't rain on the soil

But when it rains, anything sprouts... (maily plantation)

...there is abundance at large

I hope that rain comes right away

I hope so, my God,

I only will leave my Cariri (city)

when the last pau-de-arara arrives

While my cow...

shall be alive...

and able to carry its bell ...

hung round its neck...

then by here I shall keep living

That God in heaven help me

(and help) those that leave their mother land...

and can not establish home elsewere

I only will leave my Cariri

when the last pau-de-arara arrives