Feitio de Oração [English translation]

Those who find

Are always getting lost

That's why from now on I'll defend myself

From the cruel ache of this yearning

Which unfortunately

Breaks into my poor heart

That's why, now

I'm sending to Penha

My woman, singing

With satisfaction

And with harmony

This sad melody

That is my samba

In the shape of a prayer

A drum is a privilege

Nobody learns samba in school

To dance samba is to cry of happiness

It's to smile in nostalgia

In a melody

That's why, now

I'm sending to Penha

My woman, singing

With satisfaction

And with harmony

This sad melody

That is my samba

In the shape of a prayer

Samba, actually

Comes neither from the slums nor from the city

And those who can bear a passion

Will feel that samba

Is born in the heart