No Tempo do Cativeiro Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

No tempo da escravidão

In the time of slavery

Como o senhor me batia

How the master used to beat me

Eu chamava por nossa senhora, meu Deus!

I called upon our lady, my God!

Como as pancadas doíam

How the blows hurt


Trabalhava na lavoura

I worked in the fields

No açúcar e no cinzal

In the sugarcane and in the cane fields

Nego era chicoteado

The black man was whipped

No velho tronco de pau

On the old wooden trunk

Quando cheguei na Bahia

When I arrived in Bahia

A capoeira me salvou

Capoeira saved me

E até hoje ainda me lembro

And even today, I still remember

Das ordens do meu senhor

The orders of my master


Trabalha negro, negro trabalha

Work, black man, black man, work

Trabalha negro pra não apanhar

Work, black man, so you won't be beaten

Added by Gonçalo Pereira
Luanda, Angola September 24, 2024
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