Текст и перевод песни Sérgio Ricardo - Palmares

Palmares

Eu tava no ouro Camará
Me levaram pra cana Camará
Quando o mel tava doce Camará
Me levaram pro açoite

Dor escura como a noite Camará
Eu estava na cama Camará
Me levaram pro pilão Camará
Eu estava no mar

Me levaram pro sertão Camará
Me puseram no algodão Camará
Quando a flor tava branca Camará
Me puseram uma canga

E agora, meu camará
Andar andei esperando achar
Eu não sou planta que se arranca
E que se põe em qualquer lugar

Depois que eu vim de Luanda
Andar andei, esperando achar
Onde estará Palmares
Será que jamais encontro o meu lugar?

Valei-me meu pai Xangô
Será que já chegou
Oxalá
Sendo de demanda, dê
Sendo de ser com zanga,
As asas

Palmares

I was in gold, my dear
They brought me to the mill, my dear
When honey was sweet, my dear
They scourged me

Pain black as night, my dear
I was in bed, my dear
They brought me to the mill, my dear
I was at sea

They brought me to the wilderness, my dear
They put me to pick cotton, my dear
The cotton was white, my dear
I was shackled

And now, my dear
I search and hope to find
I am no plant you pull up
And put anywhere

Since I came from Luanda
I search and hope to find
Where Palmares lies
Will I ever find my place?

Help me, father Xangô
Has time come
Oxalá
If in prayer, grant
If in anger, grant
Wings