Canções Sobre Calunga

I came on a ship from Aruanda, Aruanda hey
I came on a ship from Aruanda, Aruanda ah
But why did they bring me from Aruanda
Why did they bring me from Aruanda
I came on a ship from Aruanda, Aruanda hey

I came in the sway of the sea from Angola
I came in the sway of the sea from Guinea
I came in the sway of the sea from Mozambique
Only those who came know how it is

I ask your permission now
To tell my story in song
To say where I came from, where I am
To sing for the end of slavery

It's that I came in the sway of the sea from Angola
I came in the sway of the sea from Guinea
I came in the sway of the sea from Mozambique
Only those who came know how it is

And the boatman
The canoe turned in the sea
The canoe turned in the sea, boatman
The canoe turned in the sea

My land was left
By queens and by Kings
Everyone in chains
And the whip was the law

And the boatman
The canoe turned in the sea
The canoe turned in the sea, boatman
The canoe turned in the sea

Black people dying of disease
For the master it was normal
My people were the target
Of all kinds of evil

And the boatman
The canoe turned in the sea
The canoe turned in the sea, boatman
The canoe turned in the sea

Working without rest
Inside the sugarcane field
The black people were beaten
Building the capital

And the boatman
The canoe turned in the sea
The canoe turned in the sea, boatman
The canoe turned in the sea