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Tim and Vicki Reiner ٠ C.P. 111 ٠ 56.300-000 ٠ Petrolina, PE ٠ BRAZIL
Email: timandvicki@inafarplace.com
Website: http://www.inafarplace.com
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Tim and Vicki Reiner ٠ C.P. 111 ٠ 56.300-000 ٠ Petrolina, PE ٠ BRAZIL
Email: timandvicki@inafarplace.com
Website: http://www.inafarplace.com
The Land of the Sabiá
Tim built a walk-in birdcage for the backyard and
filled it with beautiful native birds. One of the most
magnificent is the Sabiá, which is Brazil´s national
bird. It is the rufous-bellied thrush which belongs to
the Turdidae family. This includes the American robin,
bluebird and nightingale. Easily recognized by its
bright orange-red belly, dark streaks along its white
throat, and yellow ring around its eyes, thrushes hop
on their relatively long, slender legs, instead of
walking.
These thrushes prefer insects and some fruits. They
live in pairs rather than flocks and can live 25 - 30
years in the wild. Their lovely song is similar to a flute.
Because of their popularity, they have been
prominent in Brazilian poems and songs. Here is a
famous one that draws us back to Brazil.
Song of Exile (Canção do Exílio)
by Antonio Gonçalves Dias
translated from Portuguese by David T. Haberly
There are palm trees in my country.
And the singing Sabiá;
The birds warbling here
Don´t sing as they do there.
Our heavens have more stars,
Our meadows far more blooms,
Our forests have more life,
Our life has much more love.
When I dream, alone, at night,
I find more pleasure there;
There are palm trees in my country
And the singing Sabiá.
My country has a loveliness
That I don’t find here;
When I dream. alone, at night .
I find more pleasure there;
There are palm trees in my country,
And the singing Sabiá.
May God not let me perish
Without going back there;
Without knowing the loveliness
I cannot find here;
Without a glimpse of palm trees
And the singing Sabiá.
filled it with beautiful native birds. One of the most
magnificent is the Sabiá, which is Brazil´s national
bird. It is the rufous-bellied thrush which belongs to
the Turdidae family. This includes the American robin,
bluebird and nightingale. Easily recognized by its
bright orange-red belly, dark streaks along its white
throat, and yellow ring around its eyes, thrushes hop
on their relatively long, slender legs, instead of
walking.
These thrushes prefer insects and some fruits. They
live in pairs rather than flocks and can live 25 - 30
years in the wild. Their lovely song is similar to a flute.
Because of their popularity, they have been
prominent in Brazilian poems and songs. Here is a
famous one that draws us back to Brazil.
Song of Exile (Canção do Exílio)
by Antonio Gonçalves Dias
translated from Portuguese by David T. Haberly
There are palm trees in my country.
And the singing Sabiá;
The birds warbling here
Don´t sing as they do there.
Our heavens have more stars,
Our meadows far more blooms,
Our forests have more life,
Our life has much more love.
When I dream, alone, at night,
I find more pleasure there;
There are palm trees in my country
And the singing Sabiá.
My country has a loveliness
That I don’t find here;
When I dream. alone, at night .
I find more pleasure there;
There are palm trees in my country,
And the singing Sabiá.
May God not let me perish
Without going back there;
Without knowing the loveliness
I cannot find here;
Without a glimpse of palm trees
And the singing Sabiá.
Listen to the lilt of the Sabiá:
Sabiá Song 1
Sabiá Song 2
Sabiá Song 1
Sabiá Song 2
