Os Tambores De Minas Lyrics Translation in English

Era um, era dois, era cem

It was one, it was two, it was a hundred

Mil tambores e as vozes do além

A thousand drums and voices from beyond

Morro velho, senzala, casa cheia

Old hill, slave quarters, full house

Repinica, rebate, revolteia

Repinica, rebound, stir up

E trovão no céu é candeia

And thunder in the sky is a lantern

Era bumbo, era surdo e era caixa

It was bass drum, it was deaf, and it was box

Meia-volta e mais volta e meia

Half-turn and more turns and half

Pocotó, trem de ferro e uma luz

Pocotó, iron train, and a light

Procissão, chão de flores e Jesus

Procession, floor of flowers and Jesus

Bate forte até sangrar a mão

Hit hard until the hand bleeds

E batendo pelos que se foram

And beating for those who are gone

Ou batendo pelos que voltaram

Or beating for those who have returned

Os tambores de Minas soarão

The drums of Minas will sound

Seus tambores nunca se calaram

Their drums have never been silent

Era couro batendo e era lata

It was leather beating and it was tin

Era um sino com a nota exata

It was a bell with the exact note

Pé no chão e as cadeiras da mulata

Foot on the ground and the mulatto's chairs

E o futuro nas mãos do menino

And the future in the hands of the boy

Batucando por fé e destino

Drumming for faith and destiny

Bate roupa em riacho a lavadeira

Beating clothes in the stream, the washerwoman

Ritmando de qualquer maneira

Rhythm in any way

E por fim o tambor da musculatura

And finally, the drum of musculature

O tum-tum ancestral do coração

The ancestral thump-thump of the heart

Quando chega a febre ninguém segura

When the fever comes, no one can hold

Bate forte até sangrar a mão

Hit hard until the hand bleeds

Os tambores de Minas soarão

The drums of Minas will sound

Seus tambores nunca se calaram

Their drums have never been silent

Os tambores de Minas soarão

The drums of Minas will sound

Seus tambores nunca se calaram

Their drums have never been silent

Seus tambores...

Their drums...