Regaço Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Povo comum derrama samba

Common people spill samba

Na terra, aterra gente própria

On the land, it lands its own people

Molha de suor as sementes dos bambas

It moistens the seeds of the samba masters with sweat

Nêga

Nêga

Aluga terraço e do mundo faz uma cópia

Rents a terrace and makes a copy of the world


Diz-me com dialeto de paixão

Tell me with a dialect of passion

Como viver com razão

How to live with reason

Correndo a fio

Running continuously

Sem ilusão

Without illusion

O armar da percussão

The setting up of percussion


Forra alma

Lining the soul

Feijão e carne deixa por último

Leaving beans and meat for last

Cheia de oração no prato

Full of prayer on the plate

Mastiga cantiga na bata do dia sétimo

Chews songs in the beating of the seventh day

Olhos d'água Edith enchente de canção

Edith's watery eyes flood with song


Aqui na roda comem sete em nome de dois

Here in the circle, seven eat in the name of two

Raspam o tacho de angu, pipoca e melaço

They scrape the pot of cornmeal, popcorn, and molasses

A alma lavada vem depois

The washed soul comes afterward

Para no bate-quejé

To stop at the 'bate-quejé'

Fazer-se regaço

To become a 'regaço'

Added by António Silva
Lisbon, Portugal June 13, 2025
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