Baião de Lacan Lyrics Translation in English

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A terra em transe franze

The land in a trance wrinkles

Racha pela beira

Splits along the edge

Feito cabaço de freira

Like a nun's bud

Solta e lá vem um

Loose, and here comes one

E o Brasil inda batuca na ladeira

And Brazil still beats on the slope

Bafo, Congo, Exu, Taieira

Breath, Congo, Exu, Taieira

Mais Cacique e Olodum

Plus Chief and Olodum


Deus salve o budum

God save the budum

Viva o murundum

Long live the murundum

E é tuntum, tumtum, tuntum

And it's tuntum, tumtum, tuntum


Eu ouço muitos elogio à barricada

I hear many praises for the barricade

Procuro as nossa por aqui

I look for ours around here

Num vejo nada

I don't see anything

Só levo arroto

I just burp

E perdigoto no meu molho

And spittle in my sauce

Se tento ver mais longe

If I try to see further

Tacam o dedo no meu olho

They point a finger in my eye

Quem fica na barreira

Who stays in the barrier

Pode até ficar roncolho

May even end up snoring

Um empresário quis

A businessman wanted


Que eu fosse a Massachutis

That I go to Massachusetts

Oquêi, my boy

Okay, my boy

Cheguei pra rebentar e putz

I came to explode, and darn

Voltei sem calça e quase que um me sequestrava

I came back without pants, and one almost kidnapped me

Ao conferir o saldo

Checking the balance

No vermelho fui parar

I ended up in the red

Tô com João Ubaldo

I'm with João Ubaldo

Chega dessa Calcutá

Enough of this Calcutta


Eu tô Amil por aí

I'm Amil around

Atleta do Juqueri

Athlete from Juqueri

Um sócio a mais da Golden Cross

One more partner of Golden Cross

De carteirinha

With a membership card

Tanto sofri nesse afã

I suffered so much in this effort

Que um seguidor de Lacan

That a follower of Lacan

Diagnosticou stress

Diagnosed stress

E me mandou pra roça descansar

And sent me to the countryside to rest


Eu fui pro Limoeiro

I went to Limoeiro

E encontrei o Paul Simon lá

And found Paul Simon there

Tentando se proclamá gerente do mafuá

Trying to proclaim himself manager of the mafuá

Se o peão não chiá

If the cowboy doesn't complain

O Boi Bumba vai virar vaca

The Boi Bumba will turn into a cow

Added by Marco Silva
Luanda, Angola August 3, 2024
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