Ai, Bahia/Na baixa do Sapateiro [English translation]

Aye, love, ai, ai

Love, foolishness people can't explain, ai ai

Taste a little bit, oi, you get poisoned, oi

And for the rest of your life it is all suffering

Oi, Bahia, ai, ai

Bahia that I can't get out of my head, ai, ai

I do my regret, oi, in despair, oi

To find in this world the love I lost

In Bahia, I am going to tell you:

In shoemaker's downtown I found one day

The most handsome dark haired man of Bahia

He asked me for a kiss, I did not give it

A hug, I smiled

He asked for my hand, I did't want to give it... and I ran away

Bahia, land of happiness

Dark haired man, I am crazy with longing

My lord of Bonfim

Get me another dark haired man like him

In shoemaker's downtown I found one day

The most handsome dark haired man of Bahia

He asked me for a kiss, I did not give it

A hug, I smiled

He asked for my hand, I did not want to give it... and I ran away

Bahia, land of happiness

Dark haired man, I am crazy with longing

My lord of Bonfim

Get me another dark haired man like him

Aye, love, ai, ai

Love, foolishness people can't explain, ai ai

Taste a little bit, oi, you get poisoned, oi

And for the rest of your life it is all suffering