Portuguese
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
Capoeira
Coro:
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
capoeira
Tudo comecou assim
Hoje eu tenho que lembrar
De Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
Que eram os pais de Mestre Bimba Manoel dos Reis Machado
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar,
capoeira
Coro:
Em mil e novecentos
Este fato aconteceu
Em vinte e tres de novembro
O Mestre Bimba nasceu –
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar,
capoeira
Coro:
Bimba assim dizia
Tocando seu berimbau
Sentado no velho banco
Ensinando a Regional
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar,
capoeira
Coro:
Nos dias de formatura
Era obrigado a jogar
O Sao Bento Grande E o toque de iuna A Benguela nao podia sujar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar,
capoeira
Coro:
Em cinco de fevereiro
Do ano de setenta e quarto
Esta tristeza aconteceu
Na cidade de Goiania
Mestre Bimba faleceu
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar,
capoeira
English
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play
Capoeira
Coro:
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play
Capoeira
It all started like this
Today I have to remember
Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
Who were Mestre Bimba’s Parents
Manoel dos Reis Machado
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play
Capoeira
Coro:
In nineteen
This fact happened
On the twenty-third of November
Mestre Bimba was born –
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play,
capoeira
Coro:
Bimba said so
Playing his berimbau
Sitting on the old bench
Teaching the Regional
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play,
capoeira
Coro:
On graduation days
I was obliged to play
Sao Bento Grande And the touch of iuna Benguela couldn’t get dirty
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play,
capoeira
Coro:
On February 5th
From the seventy-fourth
year This sadness happened
In the city of Goiania
Mestre Bimba passed away