Translation of the song lyrics Quadras soltas - Camané

Quadras soltas (original)

Junto ao moinho cantando
Lavam roupa as lavadeiras
Os patos brincam nadando
Arrulham pombos nas eiras
Os patos brincam nadando
Arrulham pombos nas eiras
As fontes da minha aldeia
Murmuram, gemem em coro
As águas que vão correndo
Levam consigo o meu choro
As águas que vão correndo
Levam consigo o meu choro
Às vezes contemplo o moinho
Que além de velho não cai
Formado no casalinho
Que era do pai do meu pai
Formado no casalinho
Que era do pai do meu pai
A luz que brilha no monte
Que triste a vejo daqui
A luz que brilha no monte
Que triste a vejo daqui
É luz humilde e pobre
Do casal onde nasci
É luz humilde e pobre
Do casal onde nasci
Não queiras ir p’rá cidade
Deixa-te estar que estás bem
Não queiras ir p’rá cidade
Deixa-te estar que estás bem
Não tens amor à herdade
Onde morreu tua mãe
Não tens amor à herdade
Onde morreu tua mãe
Moinho desmantelado
Pelo tempo derruído
Moinho desmantelado
Pelo tempo derruído
Tu representas a dor
Deste meu peito dorido
Tu representas a dor
Deste meu peito dorido

(translation)

Next to the mill singing
Washing clothes by the laundressers
The ducks play swimming
Cooing pigeons on the threshing floors
The ducks play swimming
Cooing pigeons on the threshing floors
The sources of my village
They mumble, moan in chorus
The waters that run
They take my cry with them
The waters that run
They take my cry with them
Sometimes I contemplate the mill
That besides being old, it doesn't fall
Formed in the little couple
Which belonged to my father's father
Formed in the little couple
Which belonged to my father's father
The light that shines on the mount
How sad I see you from here
The light that shines on the mount
How sad I see you from here
It's humble and poor light
Of the couple where I was born
It's humble and poor light
Of the couple where I was born
You don't want to go to the city
let it be you are fine
You don't want to go to the city
let it be you are fine
You don't love the homestead
where did your mother die
You don't love the homestead
where did your mother die
dismantled mill
by the fallen time
dismantled mill
by the fallen time
You represent the pain
From my sore chest
You represent the pain
From my sore chest