Translation of the song Tico-tico No Fubá artist Ney Matogrosso

E o tico-tico só, o tico-tico lá

And the sparrow alone, and the sparrow there

Está comendo todo, todo o meu fubá

It's eating all, all my corn meal

Olha Seu Nicolau

Look, Mr. Nicolau

Que o fubá se vai

That the corn meal is gone

Pego no meu picapau

I grab my rifle***

E o tiro sai

And the shot goes

Então eu tenho pena do susto que levou

Then I'm sorry for the habdabs I caused him****,

E uma cuia cheia de fubá eu dou

And I give him a gourd plenty with corn meal

E alegre já voando e piando

And joyful now, flying and hooting

Meu fubá, meu fubá

My corn meal, my corn meal

Saltando de lá para cá

Jumping here and there

Ouvi um dia porém que ele não voltou

But one day I heard that he didn't come back

O seu gostoso fubá, o vento levou

His tasteful corn meal was taken by the wind

Triste fiquei, quase chorei, mas então vi

I was sad, almost crying, but then I saw

Logo depois não era um, e sim já dois

Soon after, it wasn't one, but two

Quero contar baixinho a vida dos dois

I want to tell you quietly their life

Tiveram ninho e filhinhos depois

They had a nest, and then, puppies

Todos agora pularam e saltando aqui

All of them now jumping and hopping here

Comendo todo o meu fubá

Eating all my corn meal

Saltando de lá para cá

Jumping here and there