What is America to me What is America to me O que é América para mim A name, a map, or a flag I see A name, a map, or a flag I see Um nome, um mapa ou uma bandeira que vejo A certain word, democracy A certain word, democracy Uma certa palavra, democracia What is America to me What is America to me O que é América para mim The house I live in The house I live in A casa em que eu moro A plot of earth, a street A plot of earth, a street Um enredo de terra, uma rua The grocer and the butcher The grocer and the butcher O merceeiro e o açougueiro And the people that I meet And the people that I meet E as pessoas que eu conheço The children in the playground The children in the playground As crianças no parquinho The faces that I see The faces that I see Os rostos que vejo All races and religions All races and religions Todas as raças e religiões That's America to me That's America to me Isso é América para mim The place I work in The place I work in O lugar onde eu trabalho The worker by my side The worker by my side O trabalhador ao meu lado The little town or city The little town or city A pequena cidade ou cidade Where my people lived and died Where my people lived and died Onde meu povo viveu e morreu The howdy and the handshake The howdy and the handshake O olá e o aperto de mão The air of feeling free The air of feeling free O ar de se sentir livre And the right to speak my mind out And the right to speak my mind out E o direito de falar o que penso That's America to me That's America to me Isso é América para mim The things I see about me The things I see about me As coisas que vejo sobre mim The big things and the small The big things and the small As grandes coisas e as pequenas The little corner newsstand The little corner newsstand A pequena banca de esquina And the house a mile tall And the house a mile tall E a casa uma milha de altura The wedding and the churchyard The wedding and the churchyard O casamento e o adro da igreja The laughter and the tears The laughter and the tears O riso e as lágrimas The dream that's been a growing The dream that's been a growing O sonho que tem crescido For a hundred and fifty years For a hundred and fifty years Por cento e cinquenta anos The town I live in The town I live in A cidade em que eu moro The street, the house, the room The street, the house, the room A rua, a casa, o quarto The pavement of the city The pavement of the city O pavimento da cidade Or a garden all in bloom Or a garden all in bloom Ou um jardim todo em flor The church, the schoo, the clubhouse The church, the schoo, the clubhouse A igreja, a escola, o clube The million lights I see The million lights I see As milhões de luzes que vejo But especially the people But especially the people Mas especialmente as pessoas That's America to me That's America to me Isso é América para mim