Agudás, Os Que Levaram a África No Coração
David do Pandeiro
Agudás, Those Who Carry Africa in Their Hearts
It smells like benzoin at the ceremony
Get the acarajé ready with palm oil
Hail Chachá, hail all blackness
Tijuca comes to tell a story of attitude
Obatalá
Called for his children
The light of Orunmila
Guides Ifá, our fate
I’m black and I’ve broken so many chains
The glory of shattering all shackles
In the return of the floating foams
Mother Africa, welcome your lions
With the beat of the drum, oh, oh
Crossing the sea of Yemanjá
In my blood, I carry this true flame
Afro-Brazilian roots, I am Agudá
Whoever arrives in Porto Novo
Is a race, is a people, and blends together
From semba, samba was born
A carnival of cultures
In the faith of my orixás
Axé, my Delogun
Fear and protection from the dragon's ring of Dagoun
Unity is beautiful
And we believe in the strength of our brothers
Echoing across the African continent
The epic of Agudá, victorious face of reason
