A Bênção, Bahia
Vinicius de Moraes
The Blessing, Bahia
Olorô, Bahia
We come to ask for your blessing, saravá!
Epa Hey, my guide
We come to sleep in the lap of lemanjá!
Nanã Borokô to make a Bulandê
Efó, okra soup and aluá
Plenty of pepper to make suffer
Plenty of mulata to love
To gather
My guide, hey
Your guide, hey
Bahia!
Saravá, lady
Our mother has gone forever from Afojá
The queen now
Is Oxum, is Mother Menininha of Gantois
Ask mother Olga of Alakêto, hey
Call Iansã to dance
Xangô, king Xangô, Kabueci-elê
My father! Oxalá, Epa Babá!
The blessing, mother
Lady mother
Girl mother
Queen!
Olorô, Bahia
We come to ask for your blessing, saravá!
Epa Hey, my guide
We come to sleep in the lap of lemanjá!
