Samba Enredo 1972 - Ilu Ayê (Terra da Vida)

Ilu Ayê, Ilu Ayê Odara
Black sang in the Nagô Nation

Then he cried the lament of the senzala
So far away from his Ilu Ayê
Time passed oh
And in the big yard of the Casa Grande
Black says everything he can say

It's samba, it's drumming, it's prayer
It's dance, it's litany
Black plays capoeira
And praises the queen

Today
Black is land, black is life
In the mutation of time
Parading on the avenue
Black is sensational
It's the whole party of a people
And the owner of the carnival