Luar Do Sertão Lyrics in English by Tonico e Tinoco

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Luar Do Sertão by Tonico e Tinoco from Portuguese to English.
No sertão do Laranjinha
In the backlands of Laranjinha
Escute o que eu vou dizer
Listen to what I'm going to say
Foi um causo verdadeiro
It was a true story
Que eu vou contar pra você
That I'm going to tell you
O Sr. Francisco Neve tinha muito bom vive
Mr. Francisco Neve lived very well
Levo cachorrada e arma que podia lhe vale
He took his dogs and a weapon that could protect him
E o sertão do Laranjinha
And the backlands of Laranjinha
Lá foi ele conhece
There he went to explore
Um dia de tardezinha, era já no escurece
One late afternoon, it was already getting dark
Veio caçula correndo, a chorar e a treme
The youngest came running, crying and trembling
Ai, mamãe vamos s'imbora se nóis não quisé morre
Oh, mommy let's go if we don't want to die
Que papai, os meus irmão, ai, mamãe nem posso crer
Because daddy, my brothers, oh, mommy I can't even believe it
Tão na bataia de bugre nem é impossível de vence
They're in a battle with natives, it's impossible to win
Mas a mãe desesperada nem não pode se conte
But the desperate mother couldn't contain herself
Correu e pegou uma arma pra sua gente defende
She ran and grabbed a weapon to defend her people
Ela pegou a espingarda manobrando sem sabe
She grabbed the shotgun, handling it without knowing how
Mas parece que o destino veio pra lhe protege
But it seems that destiny came to protect her
Cada tiro que ela dava fazia um bugre geme
Every shot she fired made a native groan
O bugre tem capitão, ela pode conhece
The natives have a captain, she can recognize him
No arto de uma peroba fazia os outros ferve
Atop a peroba tree, he made the others furious
Ela puxou o gatilho, a fumaça nem deixo ver
She pulled the trigger, the smoke didn't even let her see
Ele já se despenco, ai desceu mesmo sem querer
He already fell down, oh, he came down even unwillingly
O sinar que fez na terra não vai desaparecer
The mark he made on the land won't disappear
Veno o capitão já morto saíro bugre a corre
Seeing the captain already dead, the natives ran away
Francisco Neve ferido tava atráis do pé de ipê
Francisco Neve, wounded, was behind the ipe tree
Ele junto com treis fio pra não chegar a morre
He, along with three sons, to avoid dying
No sertão de Laranjinha inté costuma dizer
In the backlands of Laranjinha, they even used to say
Só por milagre divino é que podia acontece
Only by divine miracle could it happen
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Jose Perez, Joao Salvador Perez
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s'imbora — let's go / let's get out of here

S'imbora is a colloquial contraction of "vamos embora," meaning "let's go" or "let's get out of here." It's a very common expression in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, especially in more informal or rural contexts, like the "sertão" (backlands) where this song is set.

In the song, a child cries out, "Ai, mamãe vamos s'imbora se nóis não quisé morre" (Oh, mommy, let's go if we don't want to die), highlighting the urgency and fear in a moment of danger. This word offers a glimpse into authentic, everyday Portuguese speech.

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