Cabocla Janaína Lyrics Translation in English

Cabocla Janaína, sereia do mar

Selkie Janaina, mermaid of the sea

Cabocla Janaína, guerreira bonita

Selkie Janaina, beautiful warrior

Cabocla Janaína, rainha do lar

Selkie Janaina, queen of the home

Veio me buscar, ou só de visita?

Came to fetch me, or just visiting?

Eu vou no balanço do mar

I go with the sway of the sea

Se te ouço cantar, filha de Oxalá

If I hear you sing, daughter of Oxalá

Oxalá mandou, mandou buscar

Oxalá commanded, commanded to fetch

Janaína Cabocla, pra seus filhos grimpar

Janaina Cabocla, for her children to climb

Iemanjá mandou as águas do mar

Yemanjá sent the waters of the sea

Carregar as tizilas que Janaína atirar

To carry the offerings that Janaina throws

E eu fui à Aruanda

And I went to Aruanda

Como é bonito lá

How beautiful it is there