Kizomba, Festa da Raça

Thank you Zumbi
The strong cry of Palmares
That ran through lands, skies, and seas
Influencing the Abolition

Zumbi, thank you
Today the Village is Kizomba
It's drumming, singing, and dancing
Jongo and Maracatu

Come, little girl, to dance the Caxambu (repeat)

Oh oh black girl
Anastácia did not allow herself to be enslaved
Oh oh Clementina
The pagode is the people's party

Priest raises the cup
Summoning the whole mass
In this event that with grace
People of all races
In the same emotion

This Kizomba is our constitution

What magic
Prayer, ageum, and Orixá
Has the strength of Culture
Has art and bravery
And a good waist movement
Makes its ideals valid
And the pure beauty of its rituals

Here comes the Moon of Luanda
To illuminate the street
Our thirst is our thirst
That Apartheid be destroyed