| Eu fiz promessa, pra que Deus mandasse chuva
| I made a promise, so that God would send rain
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| Pra crescer a minha roça e vingar a criação
| To grow my garden and avenge creation
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| Pois veio a seca, e matou meu cafezal
| Because the drought came, and it killed my coffee plantation
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| Matou todo o meu arroz e secou todo algodão
| Killed all my rice and dried all my cotton
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| Nessa colheita, meu carro ficou parado
| In this harvest, my car was stopped
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| Minha boiada carreira, quase morre sem pastar
| My cattle career, almost dies without grazing
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| Eu fiz promessa, que o primeiro pingo d´água
| I made a promise that the first drop of water
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| Eu molhava a flor da santa, que tava em frete do altar
| I watered the saint's flower, which was in front of the altar
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| Eu esperei, uma semana o mês inteiro
| I waited, one week the whole month
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| A roça tava tão seca, dava pena até de ver
| The field was so dry, it was even sad to see
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| Olhava o céu, cada nuvem que passava
| I looked at the sky, every cloud that passed
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| Eu da santa me alembrava, pra promessa não esquecer
| I remembered the saint, to promise not to forget
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| Em pouco tempo, a roça ficou viçosa
| In a short time, the field became lush
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| A criação já pastava, floresceu meu cafezar
| Creation was already grazing, my cafezar flourished
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| Fui na capela, e levei três pingos d´água
| I went to the chapel, and I took three drops of water
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| Um foi o pingo da chuva, dois caiu do meu olhar | One was a raindrop, two fell from my gaze |