Benguele, Yaô Lyrics Translation in English

João Bosco
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Aqui có no terreiro

Here in the terreiro

Pelú adié

With a salute

Faz inveja pra gente

It makes us envious

Que não tem mulher (Bis)

For those who don't have a woman (Repeat)


No jacutá de preto velho

In the jacutá of the old black man

Há uma festa de yaô (Bis)

There's a celebration of yaô (Repeat)


Ôi tem nêga de Ogum

Oh, there's a negra of Ogum

De Oxalá, de Iemanjá

Of Oxalá, of Iemanjá


Mucama de Oxossi é caçador

Mucama of Oxossi is a hunter

Ora viva Nanã

Hail Nanã

Nanã buruku (Bis)

Nanã buruku (Repeat)


Yô yôo

Yô yôo

Yô yôoo

Yô yôoo


No terreiro de preto velho iaiá

In the terreiro of the old black man iaiá

Vamos saravá (a quem meu pai?)

Let's celebrate (to whom, my father?)

Xangô!

Xangô!

Added by Mariana Fernandes
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 24, 2025
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