Capoeira Song of the Week: Tráfico do Negro
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 11:01AM You submit the songs. We show you the lyrics, translation, and give some phonetic spelling to help your pronunciation.
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From Mestre Acordeon's latest album "Força das Águas"
"Tráfico do Negro"
performed by Profesor Salê
Á muito tempo por aqui chegava
Ah MOOEE-tooh tehm-pooh pohr AH-keeh sheh-GAH-vah
A long time ago, here arrived
uma terrível maldição
OOH-mah terh-HEEH-vehw mahw-deeh-SOWNH
a terrible curse
ela vinha pelo mar
EH-lah VEENH-yah PEH-looh marh
she came by the sea
e trazía de lá
eeh trah-ZEE-ah deeh lah
and brought from there
saudades, dor, destruição
sauh-DAH-jeez, dorh, dehs-true-eeh-SOWNH
longing, pain, destruction
tráfico de negro se acabou
TRAH-feeh-cooh deeh NEH-groo see ah-kah-BOH
the trafficking of blacks is over
tumbeiro não vai mais chegar
tomb-BAY-rooh nowhn vye myez sheh-GARH
the slave ship will no longer arrive
manchas de sangue marcou aquela guerra
MAHN-shahs deeh SAHN-ghee marh-KOH ah-KEH-lah GHEH-hah
blood stains marked that war
lágrimas do porto ficou
LAH-gree-mahs dooh PORH-tooh feeh-KOH
tears of the port stayed
adeus meu pai, minha mãe
ah-DEHWS mehw pie, MEEHN-yah mie
Goodbye my father, my mother
adeus meus filhos, meu amor
ah-DEHWS mehwz FEEL-yoos
Goodbye my children, my love
adeus, adeus não sei pra onde vou
ah-DEHWS, ah-DEHWS nownh say prah OWN-jeeh voh
bye, bye I do not know where I am going
tráfico de negro se acabou
TRAH-feeh-cooh deeh NEH-groo see ah-kah-BOH
the trafficking of blacks is over
tumbeiro não vai mais chegar
tomb-BAY-rooh nowhn vye myez sheh-GARH
the slave ship will no longer arrive
ai, ai meu Deus mas que terra distante
aye, aye mehw ah-DEHWS myez key TEH-hah dee-STAHN-chee
oh, oh my God, but what a distant land
ai que vontade de chorar
aye key vohn-TAH-jee dee shoh-RARH
aye what a desire to cry
tantos negros presos no porão
TAH-toos NEH-groos PREH-zoohs noo poh-ROWNH
many black prisoners down below in the ship's hold
doentes não servía não
doo-EHN-chees nownh sehrh-VEE-ah nownh
the sick wouldn't be of use
eram jogado no mar ê, ê
EH-rahm joh-GAH-doo noo marh eh, eh
were thrown in the sea eh, eh
tráfico de negro se acabou
TRAH-feeh-cooh deeh NEH-groo see ah-kah-BOH
the trafficking of blacks is over
tumbeiro não vai mais chegar
tomb-BAY-rooh nowhn vye myez sheh-GARH
the slave ship will no longer arrive
aqui chegando eram rebatizados
AH-kee sheh-GAHN-doo EH-rahm hay-bah-chee-SAH-dooz
coming here they were renamed/rebaptized
Pedro passava se chamar João
PEH-droo pah-SAH-vah see shah-MARH zhoo-OWNH
Peter became known as John
negro chegava no cais
NEH-groo sheh-GAH-vah noo KYEZ
the black man arrived on the pier
ave Maria meu pai
AH-veh mah-REE-ah mehw pie
ave maria my father
seu passado não importava não
sehw pah-SAH-doo nownh eenh-porh-TAH-vah nownh
your past did not matter (an alternative: your past was not imported)
tráfico de negro se acabou
TRAH-feeh-cooh deeh NEH-groo see ah-kah-BOH
the trafficking of blacks is over
tumbeiro não vai mais chegar
tomb-BAY-rooh nowhn vye myez sheh-GARH
the slave ship will no longer arrive
mas hoje quando berimbau toca
mayez OH-zhee KWAHN-doo beer-eem-BOW TOH-kah
but today when the berimbau plays
alegria invade o meu coração
ah-leh-GREE-ah een-VAH-jee ooh mehw koh-rah-SOWNH
joy fills my heart
vejo o povo contente
VEH-zhoo ooh POH-vooh kon-TEHN-chee
I see the people happy
sem feitor, sem corrente
sehnh FAY-torh, sehnh korh-HEHN-chee
no overseer, no chains
adeus tombeiro, adeus escravidão
ah-DEHWS tohm-BAY-rooh, ah-DEHWS ehs-krah-vee-DOWNH
goodbye slave ship, goodbye slavery
tráfico de negro se acabou
TRAH-feeh-cooh deeh NEH-groo see ah-kah-BOH
the trafficking of blacks is over
tumbeiro não vai mais chegar
tomb-BAY-rooh nowhn vye myez sheh-GARH
the slave ship will no longer arrive