Terra À Vista Lyrics Translation in English

Terra à vista

Land in sight

Tem palmeiras, sabiás, mulatas ainda não

There are palm trees, song thrushes, mulattoes not yet

Água à vista, perco o chão

Water in sight, I lose the ground

Essa merda de navio

This crap of a ship

Entrou por um desvio

Went through a deviation

Será que mudou o rumo

Did it change course?

E agora vamos para as índias

And now we're going to the Indies

Nada disso

None of that

Vai ao fundo

It's going down

Meio mundo

Half the world

Neste mar

In this sea

A se afogar

Drowning

Água à vista

Water in sight

Terra à vista

Land in sight

Tem palmeiras, sabiás, mulatas ainda não

There are palm trees, song thrushes, mulattoes not yet

Tem Pau Brasil a dar com o pau

There's Brazilwood to give with the stick

Como dizia Cabral

As Cabral used to say

Tem coqueiro que dá coco

There's a coconut tree that bears coconuts

Tem mangueira que dá caju e tem popó

There's a mango tree that bears cashews and a popo fruit

Do maculelê

From the maculelê dance

Tem caça, cabaça, cachaça, trapaça

There's hunting, gourds, rum, deceit

Mordaça, arruaça, vidraça

Muzzle, disturbance, glass

Desgraça, raça, pirraça

Misfortune, race, teasing

Caça, cabaça, cachaça

Hunting, gourds, rum

Mordaça, arruaça, vidraça

Muzzle, disturbance, glass

Desgraça, raça, pirraça

Misfortune, race, teasing

E índia cheia de graça

And an Indian full of grace