melhor ser alegre que ser triste
Alegria a melhor coisa que existe
assim como a luz no corao
Mas pr fazer um samba com beleza
preciso um bocado de tristeza
Seno no se faz um samba no
Fazer samba no contar piada
E quem faz samba assim no de nada
O bom samba uma forma de orao
Porque o samba a tristeza que balana
E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperana
De um dia no ser mais triste no
Pe um pouco de amor numa cadncia
E vai ver que ningum no mundo vence
A beleza que tem um samba no
Porque o samba nasceu l na Bahia
E se hoje ele branco na poesia
Ele negro demais no corao
Translation:
Samba Of the Blessing
It's better to be happy than sad
Happiness is the best thing there is
It is like a light in the heart
But to make a samba with beauty
It's needed a bit of sadness
If not the samba can't be made
To make a samba is not like telling a joke
And who makes samba like this is worth nothing
The good samba is a kind of prayer
Because samba is the sadness that sways
And sadness is always hopeful
Of one day not being sad any more
Put a little love in the cadence
And you'll see that in this world nobody wins
The beauty that a samba have
Because samba was born in Bahia
And if today it is white in it's poetry
It is very black in it's heart