A Catacumba Lyrics Translation in English
Umbanda
Portuguese Lyrics
English Translation
Num lugar distante
In a distant place
Numa rua tão deserta
In such a deserted street
Tinha um cemitério antigo
There was an ancient cemetery
E uma catacumba aberta
And an open catacomb
Dentro da cova
Inside the grave
Tinha pano de caixão
There were coffin cloths
Tinha osso de defunto
There were bones of the deceased
Cravejado um coração
A heart pierced
Raspa de vela
Candle wax scrapings
Sete novelos de linha
Seven skeins of thread
Tinha cadeado velho
There was an old padlock
Tinha sangue de galinha
There was chicken blood
Dentro da cova
Inside the grave
Tinha um vulto ajoelhado
There was a kneeling figure
Era Maria Padilha
It was Maria Padilha
Trabalhando pro diabo
Working for the devil
Vem serrar madeira!
Come and saw wood!
Vem serrar madeira!
Come and saw wood!
Vem serrar madeira Maria Padilha
Come and saw wood, Maria Padilha!
Vem serrar madeira!
Come and saw wood!