A Revolta dos Malês
Gloria Bomfim
The Malê Revolt
Si'erê, Odun, Carcará
Olorum Di Dè, Alafim
It was the tribe of the Agudá
That took Brazil to Benin
Africa landed in Bahia
Black arrived in the current of the sea
They were just merchandise
For the little master of the mill to buy
But with a machete to cut sugar cane knots
Black made the whipping post fall
Praising the gods of the African race
At the same table as the saints of the altar
Si'erê, Odun, Carcará
Olorum Di Dè, Alafim
It was the tribe of the Agudá
That took Brazil to Benin
Black Malê revolted, made war
Agudá people emerged, mutinied
It was only with blood bathing this land
That slavery ended, that's how it was
Today by the force of a strange irony
African people returned to Benin
Leaving their orixás in Bahia
Taking Our Lord of Bonfim
Si'erê, Odun, Carcará
Olorum Di Dè, Alafim
It was the tribe of the Agudá
That took Brazil to Benin
