maguinha: Music
Ponta de Areia
(Milton Nascimento e Fernando Brant)
Ponta de Areia
Ponto final
Da Bahia-Minas
Estrada natural
Que ligava Minas
Ao porto ao mar
Caminhos de ferro
Mandaram arrancar
Velho maquinista
Com seu boné
Lembra o povo alegre
Que vinha cortejar
Maria Fumaça
Não passa mais
Para moças, flores,
Janelas e quintais
Na praça vazia
Um grito, um ai…
Casas esquecidas
Viúvas nos portais…
English Translation
Ponta de Areia
Last stop
Of the Bahia-Minas
Natural road
That linked Minas
To the harbor, to the sea
An order was issued
To pull out the railway tracks.
Old locomotive engineer
With his cap
Remembers the cheerful people
with welcome greetings.
Smoky Mary
No longer passes by girls,
flowers, windows and backyards.
In the empty square
A cry, a moan…
Forgotten houses
Widows at the front door.