Capoeira Songs

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Ladainha Cativeiro

Ié! Chora meu cativeiro
Quanta tristeza me dá
o meu pai falava assim
nao me esqueceri jamais

negro era traficado
em um navio negreiro
com promessas de trabalho
de ganhar muito dinheiro

negro apanhava tanto
só recebia chicotada
foi ai que foram ver
ó que vida amargurada

negro apanhava tanto
morriam todos de doencas
uma delas era o banzo
a doenca da tristeza

no dia 13 de maio
aparaceu uma mulher
nao libertou todos os escravos
a princesa isabel

chora meu cativeiro
quanta tristeza guardou
o meu pai falava assim
tudo aquilo que herdou

menino toma cuidado
com a magia do saber
e practicar a capoeira
pra poder se defender, camarada

é hora, é hora,
ié, é hora, é hora, camará
ié, vamos embora,
ié, vamos embora, camará
pela barra afora,
ié, a barra afora, camará
ié da volta do mundo,
ié, da volta do mundo, camará
ié, que o mundo deu,
ié, que o mundo deu, camará
ié, que o mundo da
ié, que o mundo da, camará
ié, que da vai da, camará
ié, que da vai da, camará


Litany of captivity

Ié! Cry, my captivity!
How sad you make me
My father told me something
I will never forget

Blacks were trafficked
In slave ships
With promises of work
That would bring much money

The Black received much
Only receiving lashes of the whip
This was what he went there to see
What a bitter life!

The Black received much
Dying of all the diseases
One of them being the blues
The disease of misery

On the 13[sup]th[/sup] day of May
There appeared a woman
She didn't liberate all of those enslaved
The princess izabel

Cry, my captivity!
How sad you keep me!
O, my father told me something
Which was all I inherited

"Child be careful
With the magic that you know
And practice the capoeira
To be able to defend yourself, friend"

ié, it's time it's time
ié, it's time! It's time! Friend
ié, let's embark
ié, let's embark! Friend
ié, to a distant barrier
ié, to a distant barrier, friend
ié, how the world turned,
ié, how the world turned, friend
ié, how the world turns!
ié, how the world turns!
ié, what will strike will strike!
ié, what will strike will strike...


Sung by Mestre Marrom
(Translation by Obadele Kambon)