Leão do Norte

I am the heart of the northeastern folklore
I am Mateus and Bastião of Boi Bumbá
I am a puppet of Mestre Vitalino
Dancing a ciranda in Itamaracá
I am a verse by Carlos Pena Filho
In a frevo by Capiba, to the sound of the armorial orchestra
I am Capibaribe in a book by João Cabral

I am a mamulengo from São Bento do Una
Coming in a loose beat of a Maracatu
I am a play by Ariano Suassuna
In the middle of the Caruaru Fair
I am Frei Caneca in the Pastoril do Faceta
Taking the flower of the lyre to Nova Jerusalém
I am Luiz Gonzaga, I am also from the mangrove

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North

I am Macambira from Joaquim Cardoso
Pife Band in the middle of the Sugarcane Field
In the night of the silent drums
I am the calunga revealing the Carnival
I am the revelry coming down from Olinda
The man of midnight leading this procession
I am a fisherman in the party of Jaboatão

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North

I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North
I am a mameluco, I am from Casa Forte
I am from Pernambuco, I am the Lion of the North