Viva a Capoeira

Long live, long live, long live capoeira
Long live, long live the sound of the berimbau

When the black people arrived in Brazil
Capoeira manifested itself
Defending our manly homeland
It was the one that fought the most hand-to-hand

And the black's gift was slavery

Long live, long live, long live capoeira
Long live, long live the sound of the berimbau

To be able to free our Bahia
From the colonial regime
It was necessary to blow the horn
And gather all social classes
Capoeira with bravery and resistance
On the path to Independence
Made Bahia free itself

And the black's gift was slavery

Long live, long live, long live capoeira
Long live, long live the sound of the berimbau

Long live the masters Nô, Pelé da Bomba, Boa Gente, and Geni
Marcos Alabama, Virgílio, Dedé, Curió, and Saci
This art thanks everyone with a golden berimbau
Because capoeira is our greatest treasure

So long live