Capoeira Song of the Week: Eu vi la
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:35AM You submit the songs. We show you the lyrics, translation, and give some phonetic spelling to help your pronunciation.
The format works like this:
The lyrics in Portuguese are in bold
The phonetic spelling for pronunciation is in italics with the STRESSED SYLLABLES IN ALL CAPITALS with syllables se-pa-ra-ted by dash-es
The English translation is in regular text
From Mestre Acordeon's new album. Thanks Telefone!
Eu vi la
Foi um dia lá na beira da praia
Foy oonh DEE-ah lah nah BEY-rah dah PRY-yah
It was a day at the beach
Que eu vi um capoeira chorar
Keeh ehoo vee oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah shoh-RARH
I saw a capoeira(-ista) cry
Saiu da roda com beiço machucado
Sy-YOOH dah HOH-dah cohnh BEY-sooh mah-shooh-KAH-dooh
He left the roda with a hurt lip
Falando baixinho que não ia voltar
Fah-LAHN-dooh by-SHEEN-yooh kee nownh EEH-ah vohl-TARH
Whispering he would not be back
Ele era um capoeira valente
IH-leeh EH-ra oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah vah-LEN-chee
He was a brave capoeira(-ista)
Cabra da peste conhecido por la
KAH-brah dah pehst cohn-yeh-SEEH-dooh porh lah
*Goat plague* known for it * This is the literal translation. It's means bad ass. *
Muito sabido tinha até dente de ouro
MOOY-tooh sah-BEEH-dooh TEENH-yah ah-TEH DEHN-chee deeh OH-rooh
Very well known he even had a gold tooth
Mas vacilou no balanço do mar
Mahs vah-seeh-LOH nooh bah-LAHN-soo doo marh
But he faltered in the balance of the sea
Eu vi, eu vi, eu vi la
Ehoo vee, ehoo vee, ehoo vee lah
I saw, I saw, I saw it
Um capoeira nas ondas do mar
Oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah nahs OHN-das dooh marh
A capoeira(-ista) on the ocean waves
Eu vi, eu vi, eu vi la
Ehoo vee, ehoo vee, ehoo vee lah
I saw, I saw, I saw it
Um capoeira se afogando no mar
Oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah see ah-foh-GAHN-dooh noo marh
A capoeira(-ista) drowning in the sea
Cabra valente se você já está nervoso
KAH-brah vah-LEHN-chee seeh voh-SAY zhah ehs-TAH nerh-VOH-zooh
*Brave goat* if you're already nervous * This is reference to the above. *
Toma conta do seu rege
TOH-mah KOHN-tah dooh sehoo HEH-gee
Take care of of your business
Veja bem o meu cantar
VEH-zhah behnh ooh mehoo kahn-TARH
Pay attention to see my singing
Esse é meu jogo
EHS-seeh eh/ah mehoo ZHOH-gooh
This is my game
É manhoso e vistoso
Eh/ah mahn-YOH-zooh eeh vees-TOH-zooh
It's slick and showy
Quem não pode com mandinga
kaynh nownh PAW-jeeh cohnh mahn-JEENG-gah
Those who cannot with mandinga
É capaz escorregar
Eh/ah kah-PIEZ ehs-koh-heh-GARH
Can slip
Não me confunda cu com bunda
Nownh meeh kohn-FOON-dah koh cohnh BOOHN-dah
Do not confuse my butt with my ass
Nem o 'b' com o 'c', ou 'a'
Neyhnh ooh bay cohnh ooh say oh ah
Nor 'b' with 'c', or 'a'
Lugar de gente que se assunta em na terra
Looh-GARH deeh ZHEN-chee keeh seeh ah-SOON-tah ehnh nah TEH-hah
The place for people is on land
Mas é um peixe que vive no mar
Myz eh/ah oonh PEY-sheeh keeh VEEH-veeh nooh marh
But it's a fish that lives in the sea
Lugar de gente que se assunta em na terra
Looh-GARH deeh ZHEN-chee keeh seeh ah-SOON-tah ehnh nah TEH-hah
The place for people is on land
Mas é um peixe que vive no mar
Myz eh/ah oonh PEY-sheeh keeh VEEH-veeh nooh marh
But it's a fish that lives in the sea
Eu vi, eu vi, eu vi la
Ehoo vee, ehoo vee, ehoo vee lah
I saw, I saw, I saw it
Um capoeira nas ondas do mar
Oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah nahs OHN-das dooh marh
A capoeira(-ista) on the ocean waves
Eu vi, eu vi, eu vi la
Ehoo vee, ehoo vee, ehoo vee lah
I saw, I saw, I saw it
Um capoeira se afogando no mar
Oonh kah-pooh-EY-rah see ah-foh-GAHN-dooh noo marh
A capoeira(-ista) drowning in the sea