No Rancho Fundo
Jair Rodrigues Lyrics


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No rancho fundo
Bem pra lá do fim do mundo
Onde a dor e a saudade
Contam coisas da cidade

No rancho fundo
De olhar triste e profundo
Um moreno canta as mágoas
Tendo os olhos rasos d'água

Pobre moreno
Que de noite no sereno
Espera a lua no terreiro
Tendo um cigarro
Por companheiro

Sem um aceno
Ele pega na viola
E a lua por esmola
Vem pro quintal
Desse moreno

No rancho fundo
Bem pra lá do fim do mundo
Nunca mais houve alegria
Nem de noite, nem de dia

Os arvoredos
Já não contam
Mais segredos
E a última palmeira
Já morreu na cordilheira

Os passarinhos
Hibernaram-se nos ninhos
De tão triste esta tristeza
Enche de trevas a natureza

Tudo por que
Só por causa do moreno
Que era grande, hoje é pequeno
Pra uma casa de sapê

Se Deus soubesse
Da tristeza lá serra
Mandaria lá pra cima
Todo o amor que há na terra

Porque o moreno
Vive louco de saudade
Só por causa do veneno
Das mulheres da cidade

Ele que era
O cantor da primavera
E que fez do rancho fundo
O céu melhor
Que tem no mundo

Se uma flor desabrocha
E o sol queima
A montanha vai gelando




Lembra o cheiro
Da morena

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jair Rodrigues's "No Rancho Fundo" talk about a man who lives in a rural area, far from civilization, where pain and longing are the only things that remain. The song is a lament for a lost love, as a dark-skinned man mourns his lost girlfriend, who left him for the city. The singer's melancholy voice and the mournful sound of his guitar create a sense of yearning and nostalgia.


The lyrics paint a picture of a rustic home, where the man spends his nights alone, smoking cigarettes and playing his guitar under the moonlight. The nature around him is also affected by his sadness, as the trees no longer whisper secrets and the birds have gone into hibernation. The man is consumed by his longing for the city and the love that he lost there.


The lyrics offer a commentary on the destructive impact that modernization and urbanization can have on rural communities. The singer of the song is a victim of the city's allure, as the women there use him and leave him brokenhearted. His once-thriving community is now abandoned and forgotten, replaced by the barren landscape of his loneliness.


Line by Line Meaning

No rancho fundo
Deep in the countryside


Bem pra lá do fim do mundo
Far beyond the end of the world


Onde a dor e a saudade
Where the pain and nostalgia


Contam coisas da cidade
Tell tales of the city


De olhar triste e profundo
With a sad and deep gaze


Um moreno canta as mágoas
A dark-skinned man sings his sorrows


Tendo os olhos rasos d'água
With eyes filled with tears


Pobre moreno
Poor dark-skinned man


Que de noite no sereno
Who at night in the dew


Espera a lua no terreiro
Waits for the moon in the yard


Tendo um cigarro Por companheiro
With a cigarette as his companion


Sem um aceno
Without a nod


Ele pega na viola
He picks up his guitar


E a lua por esmola
And for alms, the moon


Vem pro quintal Desse moreno
Comes to the yard of the dark-skinned man


Nunca mais houve alegria
There was never joy again


Nem de noite, nem de dia
Neither at night nor during the day


Os arvoredos
The trees


Já não contam
No longer tell


Mais segredos
Any more secrets


E a última palmeira
And the last palm tree


Já morreu na cordilheira
Has already died in the mountain range


Os passarinhos
The little birds


Hibernaram-se nos ninhos
Hibernate in their nests


De tão triste esta tristeza
This sadness is so sad


Enche de trevas a natureza
It fills nature with darkness


Tudo por que
All because


Só por causa do moreno
Only because of the dark-skinned man


Que era grande, hoje é pequeno
Who was once great, now is small


Pra uma casa de sapê
For a house made of straw


Se Deus soubesse
If God knew


Da tristeza lá serra
Of the sadness in the mountains


Mandaria lá pra cima
He would send up


Todo o amor que há na terra
All the love there is on earth


Porque o moreno
Because the dark-skinned man


Vive louco de saudade
Lives crazy for nostalgia


Só por causa do veneno
Only because of the poison


Das mulheres da cidade
Of the women from the city


Ele que era
He who once was


O cantor da primavera
The singer of spring


E que fez do rancho fundo
And who made the ranch his home


O céu melhor Que tem no mundo
The best sky there is in the world


Se uma flor desabrocha
If a flower blooms


E o sol queima
And the sun burns


A montanha vai gelando
The mountain starts to freeze


Lembra o cheiro Da morena
Remembers the scent of the brown-haired girl




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Lamartine De Azevedo Babo, Ary Evangelista Barroso

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