A Lapa Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

A Lapa

The Lapa

Está voltando a ser

Is returning to be

A Lapa

The Lapa

A Lapa

The Lapa

Confirmando a tradição

Confirming the tradition

A Lapa

The Lapa

É o ponto maior do mapa

Is the highest point on the map

Do Distrito Federal

Of the Federal District

Salve a Lapa!

Hail to Lapa!


O bairro das quatro letras

The neighborhood of the four letters

Até um rei conheceu

Even a king knew

Onde tanto malandro viveu

Where so many scoundrels lived

Onde tanto valente morreu

Where so many brave ones died


Enquanto a cidade dorme

While the city sleeps

A Lapa fica acordada

Lapa stays awake

Acalentando quem vive

Comforting those who live

De madrugada

In the early morning

Added by Joana Ferreira
Salvador, Brazil September 18, 2025
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