Bezouro, Moderno, Ezequiel,

Candeeiro, Ceca Preta, Labareda,

Azulão, Arvoredo, Quina-Quina,

Banananeira, Sabonete, Catingueira, 

Limoeiro, Laparina, Mergulhão, Corisco!

Volta Seca, Jararaca, Cajarana, Viriato, 

Gitirana, Moita-Brava, Meia Noite, Zabele!


[These are the names of the members of Lampiao's gang!]

[They were outlaw rebels that would steal from the rich and give to the poor]

[(like a Brasilian Robin Hood).]

[When they were captured,]

[their heads were decapitated and displayed in the square of the city of Recife, Pernambuco.]


Quando degolaram minha cabeça

Passei mais de dois segundos

Vendo meu corpo tremendo

E não sabia o que fazer

Morrer, viver, morrer, viver


[Translation:]

When they cut off my head

For more than two seconds

I watch my body shake

And I didn't know what to do

To die, to live, to die, to live