Toda Bahia Chorou Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Toda Bahia chorou

Every Bahia cried

Toda Bahia chorou

Every Bahia cried

No dia em que a capoeira Angola

On the day Capoeira Angola

Perdeu seu protetor

Lost its protector


Mestre Pastinha foi embora

Mestre Pastinha departed

Oxalá quem o levou

Oxalá took him away

Lá pras terras de Aruanda

To the lands of Aruanda

Mas ninguém se conformou

But no one accepted it


Chorou general, menino

Generals cried, children

Chorou mocinha, doutor

Youths cried, doctors

Pretas velhas, feiticeiros

Old black women, sorcerers

Ogãs e Babalôs

Ogans and Babalôs


Berimbau tocou iúna

Berimbau played iúna

Num toque triste de morte

In a sad tune of death

E a capoeira foi jogada

And capoeira was played

Ao som da triste canção

To the sound of the sad song


Da boca do mandingueiro

From the mouth of the mandingueiro

De dentro do coração

From deep inside the heart

E não houve na Bahia

And there was no one in Bahia

Quem não cantasse esse refrão

Who didn't sing this refrain


Iê, vai lá menino

Yê, go there, boy

Mostra o que o mestre ensinou

Show what the master taught

Mostra que arrancaram a planta

Show that they uprooted the plant

Mas a semente brotou

But the seed sprouted

E se for bem cultivada

And if well cultivated

Dará bom fruto e bela flor

It will bear good fruit and beautiful flower


Iê, vai lá menino

Yê, go there, boy

Mostra o que o mestre ensinou

Show what the master taught

Mostra que arrancaram a planta

Show that they uprooted the plant

Mas a semente brotou

But the seed sprouted

E se for bem cultivada

And if well cultivated

Dará bom fruto e bela flor

It will bear good fruit and beautiful flower


Ai, ai ,aidê, joga bonito que eu quero ver

Ai, ai, aidê, play beautifully that I want to see

Ai ,ai, aidê, esse jogo de Angola que eu quero aprender

Ai, ai, aidê, this Angola game that I want to learn

Added by Tiago Rodrigues
Lisbon, Portugal November 4, 2024
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