Ladeira do Pelô Lyrics Translation in English

Olodum
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Olodum, negro elite

Olodum, black elite

E negritude

And blackness

Deslumbrante por ter magnitude

Dazzling for its magnitude

Integra no canto toda a massa

Integrates in the song the whole mass


Que vem para a praca agitar

That comes to the square to shake

Salvador se mostrou mais alerta

Salvador showed itself more alert

Com o Bloco Olodum cantar

With the Olodum Block singing


Lê Lê Lê Lê ô

Lê Lê Lê Lê ô

ê aê a

ê aê a


Aganjou aiwá, muito axé

A ganjou aiwá, muito axé

Canta o povo de origem nagô

The people of Nagô origin sing

seu corpo nao fica mais inerte

Your body no longer remains inert

Que o bloco Olodum ja pintou

That Olodum block has already appeared


Lê Lê Lê Lê ô

Lê Lê Lê Lê ô

ê aê a

ê aê a


E eu vou e eu vou e eu vou

And I go and I go and I go

Vou subir a ladeira do pelô

I'm going up Pelô's hill

Balancando a banda prá lá

Swinging the band that way

Balancando a banda prá cá

Swinging the band this way


E falei Olodum, Olodum

And I said Olodum, Olodum

Salvador minha Bahia capital

Salvador, my Bahia capital

Me leva que eu vou, eu vou

Take me, I'm going, I'm going

Olodum deus dos deuses

Olodum, god of gods

Vulcao africano de pelô

African volcano of Pelô

Added by Marco Silva
Luanda, Angola October 14, 2024
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