Capoeira Song of the Week: Pedra Que Ronca
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 1:15PM 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
This week, per Xavier's request...
Pedra que Ronca
PEH-drah key HOHN-kah
The Stone That Snores
Entro na roda e não dou bobeira
EHN-trooh nah HOH-dah eeh nownh doh boh-BEY-rah
I enter the roda, and I am not just hanging around doing nothing
Jogo mandingando, sou capoeira
ZHOH-gooh mahn-jing-GAHN-dooh, soh kah-pooh-EY-rah
The game is going... full of mandinga , I am capoeira
Kirimurê me diga aí quem é você (2x)
Keeh-reeh-mooh-RAY meeh DEEH-gah ah-EEH kehnh eh voh-SEY
Kirimurê there tell me who you are
Eu sou pedra que ronca
Ehoo soh PEH-drah keeh HOHN-kah
I'm stone that snores
Um rochedo á beira mar
Oonh hoh-SHEY-dooh ah BEY-rah marh
A rock by the edge of the sea
Eu tenho sangue de guerreiro
Ehoo TEHNG-yooh SAHN-gheeh deeh gheh-HEY-rooh
I have warrior blood
niguém vai me abalar
NEEHNG-gheyng vay meeh ah-bah-LARH
No one's going to shake me up
Entro na roda e não dou bobeira
EHN-trooh nah HOH-dah eeh nownh doh boh-BEY-rah
I enter the roda, and I am not just hanging around doing nothing
Jogo mandingando, sou capoeira
ZHOH-gooh mahn-jing-GAHN-dooh, soh kah-pooh-EY-rah
The game is going... full of mandinga , I am capoeira
Kirimurê me diga aí quem é você (2x)
Keeh-reeh-mooh-RAY meeh DEEH-gah ah-EEH kehnh eh voh-SEY
Kirimurê there tell me who you are
Estou aqui na praia
Eh-STOH AH-keeh nah PRAYE-ah
I am here on the beach
Onde mora Yemanjá
OHN-gee MOH-rah Yay-mahn-ZHAH
Where Yemanjá lives
A mãe d’água mais bonita
Ah maye dah-AH-gwah mayez boh-NEEH-tah
The mother of the most beautiful water
No reino de Oxalá
Nooh HEY-nooh deeh Oh-shah-LAH
In the kingdom of Oxalá
Entro na roda e não dou bobeira
EHN-trooh nah HOH-dah eeh nownh doh boh-BEY-rah
I enter the roda, and I am not just hanging around doing nothing
Jogo mandingando, sou capoeira
ZHOH-gooh mahn-jing-GAHN-dooh, soh kah-pooh-EY-rah
The game is going... full of mandinga , I am capoeira
Kirimurê me diga aí quem é você (2x)
Keeh-reeh-mooh-RAY meeh DEEH-gah ah-EEH kehnh eh voh-SEY
Kirimurê there tell me who you are
Sou bonito e inteligente
Soh boh-NEEH-tooh eeh een-teh-leeh-ZHEHN-chee
I am beautiful and intelligent
Com vontade de lutar
Kohnh vohn-TAH-jeeh deeh looh-TARH
with the willingness to fight
E jogando a capoeira
EE zhoh-GAHN-dooh ah kah-pooh-EY-rah
and by playing capoeira
Eu aprendo á caminhar
Ehoo ah-PREHN-dooh ah kah-meenh-YARH
I learn to walk
Entro na roda e não dou bobeira
EHN-trooh nah HOH-dah eeh nownh doh boh-BEY-rah
I enter the roda, and I am just hanging around doing nothing
Jogo mandingando, sou capoeira
ZHOH-gooh mahn-jing-GAHN-dooh, soh kah-pooh-EY-rah
The game is going... full of mandinga , I am capoeira