Orfelino [English translation]

One day, I met a sobbing orphan

I told him, “Don’t cry, my child”

He answered me, “My daddy has gone,

I have only pain in my heart”

One day, I met a weeping orphan

I asked him, “My child, why are you crying?”

He answered me, “My mummy has gone,

I have only pain in my heart”

That’s why I pray God

To take him to his bosom and protect him

Orphan, one day, you’ll be a man.