 The "sabiá" is a songbird (Rufous-bellied thrush in English) and the national bird of Brazil.Buarque's lyrics allude to the sabiá in the famous Brazilian poem "Canção do exílio," written in 1843 by Gonçalves Dias.In 1969, Frank Sinatra and Jobim recorded "The Song of the Sabiá" for an album entitled "Sinatra-Jobim," but at the last minute, Sinatra stopped release of the record.