Iaiá do Cais Dourado Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

No cais dourado da velha Bahia

On the golden dock of old Bahia

Onde estava o capoeira

Where the capoeira was

A Iaiá também se via

Yaya was also seen

Juntos na feira ou na romaria

Together at the fair or pilgrimage

No banho de cachoeira

In the waterfall bath

E também na pescaria

And also in fishing


Dançavam juntos

They danced together

Em todo fandango e festinha

In every fandango and little party


E no reisado

And in the reisado

Contra mestre e pastorinha

Against the master and the shepherdess


Cantavam, iaiaralaiá, iaiá

They sang, iaiaralaiá, iaiá

Nas festas do alto do Gantois

At the parties on top of Gantois


Mas loucamente

But madly

A Iaiá do cais dourado trocou seu amor

Yaya from the golden dock exchanged her love

Ardente por um moço requintado

Ardent for a refined young man

E foi-se embora

And she went away

Passear de barco à vela

Boating with a sail

Desfilando em carruagem

Parading in a carriage

Já não era mais aquela

She was no longer the same


E o capoeira

And the capoeira

Que era valente chorou

Who was valiant cried


Até que um dia a mulata

Until one day the mulatta

Lá no cais apareceu

Appeared there at the dock

Ao ver o seu capoeira

Seeing her capoeira

Pra ele logo correu

She ran to him right away


Pediu guarida

She asked for shelter

Mas o capoeira não deu

But the capoeira didn't give


Desesperada

Desperate

Caiu no mundo a vagar

She wandered the world

E o capoeira

And the capoeira

Ficou com o seu povo a cantar

Stayed with his people singing

Laiá, iaiá, iaiá iaiá

Laiá, iaiá, iaiá iaiá

Laiá, iaiá, iaiá iaiá

Laiá, iaiá, iaiá iaiá

Added by Carla Sousa
São Paulo, Brazil September 27, 2024
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