Samba Enredo 1998 - De Gama a Vasco, a Epopéia da Tijuca

Let's celebrate my people (it's a goal, it's a goal)
The net will swing, it will swing
I'm Vasco da Gama, my dear
Champion of land and sea

Through the divine hand (love)
I sailed, I sailed
My childhood dream
This is how my destiny wanted it
Portugal and all
Europe enchanted

I sailed
And I found new people
Through storms and legends I passed
For an admiral, courage is the law
I have traveled across so many seas
In India I then arrived

Progress has come in this adventure
Discoveries and cultures
That's the wave I'm on
The people will remember
Come celebrate with Unidos da Tijuca

Brazilian Rio de Janeiro my brother
I am Vasco da Gama champion so many times
When it enters the lawn it hallucinates me
This club on the hill, a century old with passion
Star in the sky shining
That makes these people go crazy