Na Aruanda

It's in Aruanda, hey
It's in Aruanda

I come from afar, land of my ancestors
I was chained there not to return
In a wooden house, on a floating tomb over the sea
That's how I was brought to Brazil to work

It's in Aruanda
It's in Aruanda, hey
It's in Aruanda
It's in Aruanda, hey

And in the Jeje, Congo, Angola, and Nagô languages
Came the Bantu people who arrived in Brazil
With their culture, their history, their axé
The mysteries of the ancestors and the strength of candomblé

It's in Aruanda
It's in Aruanda, hey
It's in Aruanda
It's in Aruanda, hey