Hino de São Luís - MA

Oh my city, let me live
For I want to learn your poetry
Sun and sea breeze, legends and mysteries
Moonlight of serenades and the blue of your days

I want to hear at night the drums of Congo
Moaning and singing pains and longings
Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

I want to read in the streets, fountains, carvings
Towers and viewpoints, churches, mansions
In the slow slopes that rise anxieties
Dreams of the future, glories of the past

I want to hear at night the drums of Congo
Moaning and singing pains and longings
Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

Oh my city, let me live
For I want to learn your poetry
Sun and sea breeze, legends and mysteries
Moonlight of serenades and the blue of your days

I want to hear at night the drums of Congo
Moaning and singing pains and longings
Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

I want to read in the streets, fountains, carvings
Towers and viewpoints, churches, mansions
In the slow slopes that rise anxieties
Dreams of the future, glories of the past

I want to hear at night the drums of Congo
Moaning and singing pains and longings
Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom

Evoking martyrdom, tears and lashes
That flourished clear suns of freedom