Ploquet Pluft Nhoque (Jaboticaba) Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Olha a preta

Look at the black woman

Colada no tronco

Pressed against the trunk

De caroço branco

With white pit

Que a mão do moleque

That the boy's hand


Olha a preta

Look at the black woman

De caroço branco

With white pit

Que a mão do moleque

That the boy's hand

Arranca no toque

Plucks with a touch


O que bate na boca

What hits the mouth

Que é jaboticaba

Which is jaboticaba

Faz ploquet pluft nhoque

Makes ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque


Olha o bando

Look at the gang

Que acode com saco

That gathers with a bag

Pedaço de taco

Piece of bat

Que bate no galho

That hits the branch


Olha o bando

Look at the gang

Que acode com o baque

That gathers with the beat

Que bate no galho

That hits the branch

Que faz plique ploque

That makes plique ploque


Aí depois

And then

Todo mundo sentado

Everyone sitting

Com o saco do lado

With the bag beside

Da sombra do pé

From the shadow of the foot


Nesse pega

In this grab

Que come que engole

That eats and swallows

É que a fruta faz

It's because the fruit makes

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque


Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque


Olha a preta

Look at the black woman

Colada no tronco

Pressed against the trunk

De caroço branco

With white pit

Que a mão do moleque

That the boy's hand


Olha a preta

Look at the black woman

De caroço branco

With white pit

Que a mão do moleque

That the boy's hand

Arranca no toque

Plucks with a touch


O que bate na boca

What hits the mouth

Que é jaboticaba

Which is jaboticaba

Faz ploquet pluft nhoque

Makes ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque


Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Ploquet pluft nhoque

Added by Eduardo Oliveira
São Luís, Brazil January 1, 2025
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