Lamento do Menino

Once I was walking
Feeling a tightness in my heart
I saw a boy crying
With his berimbau in hand

I asked the boy
What happened to you?
And the boy, still crying
Said my master has died

I sat down with the boy
And started to explain
That his master had left
To live in heaven with God

He went to be with his bimba, pastinha, and mangangá beetle
He went to join traíra, canjiquinha, and master Valdemar

Wherever you’re playing
Your master will be there
To guide your paths
Along with Father Oxalá

Don’t cry, boy
Your master won’t like it
Because you are the seed
That will one day sprout

The boy stood up
With a smiling gesture
Shaking my hand
And walked away happy

His smiling gesture
That really moved me
Because I saw that the boy
In that moment understood

Don’t cry, boy, don’t stay crying
Don’t cry, boy
Your master went to heaven to live with God

Don’t cry, boy, don’t stay crying

Don’t cry, boy
Your master went to heaven to live with God

Don’t cry, boy, don’t stay crying

Don’t cry, boy
He went to be with bimba and Valdemar, the boy's lament

Once I was walking
Felt a tightness in my heart
Saw a boy crying
With his berimbau in hand

I asked the boy
What happened to you?
The boy, still crying
Said my master has died

I sat down with the boy
And started to explain
That his master had left
To live in heaven with God

He went to be with his bimba, pastinha, and mangangá beetle
He went to join traíra, canjiquinha, and master Valdemar

Wherever you’re playing
Your master will be there
To guide your paths
Along with Father Oxalá

Don’t cry, boy
Your master won’t like it
Because you are the seed
That will one day sprout

The boy stood up
With a smiling gesture
Shaking my hand
And walked away happy

His smiling gesture
That really moved me
Because I saw that the boy
In that moment understood