Elis Regina
O mestre-sala dos mares lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 3:09
Há muito tempo nas águas da Guanabara
Long ago in the waters of Guanabara
O dragão do mar reapareceu
The dragon of the sea reappeared
Na figura de um bravo feiticeiro
In the figure of a brave sorcerer
A quem a história não esqueceu
Whom history has not forgotten
Conhecido como o navegante negro
Known as the black navigator
Tinha a dignidade de um mestre-sala
He had the dignity of a master of ceremonies
E ao acenar pelo mar na alegria das regatas
And while waving across the sea in the joy of the regattas
Foi saudado no porto
He was greeted at the port
Pelas mocinhas francesas
By French maidens
Jovens polacas e por batalhões de mulatas
Young Polish girls and battalions of mulatas
Rubras cascatas
Crimson cascades
Jorravam das costas dos santos
Spilled from the backs of saints
Entre cantos e chibatas
Between chants and whips
Inundando o coração, do pessoal do porão
Flooding the heart of the folks from the basement
Que a exemplo do feiticeiro gritava então
For like the sorcerer, they shouted then
Glória aos piratas, às mulatas, às sereias
Glory to the pirates, to the mulatas, to the mermaids
Glória à farofa, à cachaca, às baleias
Glory to the farofa, to the cachaça, to the whales
Glória a todas as lutas inglórias
Glory to all the inglorious fights
Que através da nossa história
That through our history
Não esquecemos jamais...
We will never forget...
Salve, o navegante negro!
Hail, the black navigator!
Que tem por monumento, as pedras pisadas do cais
Whose monument is the trodden stones of the pier
Mas salve
But hail
Salve, o navegante negro!
Hail, the black navigator!
Que tem por monumento, as pedras pisadas do cais
Whose monument is the trodden stones of the pier
Mas faz muito tempo...
But it's been a long time...
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Key vocabulary
- porto
- harborA2
- todas
- allA2
- há
- there is
- muito
- muchA1
- tempo
- timeA1
- águas
- watersA1
- dragão
- dragonA2
- mar
- seaA1
- reapareceu
- reappeared
- figura
- figureA2
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About this song
Elis Regina was a Brazilian vocalist associated with bossa nova and MPB, known for peppery, emotionally driven singing. She became an international star for her interpretations of 1960s composers and for collaborations with Jair Rodrigues and Antonio Carlos Jobim.