In Quebrangulo was born
Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira
There in Alagoas` land
Another state of Brazil
Nobody better described
The indignation
Of the Nordeste*(1)
Dear cabra-da-peste*(2)
Vidas Secas*(3)
Drought Hungry Catinga*(4)
Man-animal
Animal-man
Woman child
Vultures carrion
Kisses of blood and bellow
Ignorance Humiliation
Pinga*(5)
Riffraff
Fear
And That Soldier in Yellow
*(1) Northeast
*(2) Literal translation: Goat
plague. Colloquial Northeast language expression, to designate: Old chap/
fellow/ guy/ buddy/ mate/
*(3) Barren lives
*(4) Arid territory
*(5) Hooch elaborated with sugar
cane
*FLIP
María Evangelina Cobo Zaballa
Castro-Urdiales (Cantabria)
