Quebradeira de Côco

Whoever wants to see the sadness
The way God created
Look at the boy's eyes
Carrying the litter
Inside there's a corumba
All decorated with flowers
The pain beating zabumba
And giving praise to the Lord

Coconut breaking
Babaçu ê Iá
The pain is a tough coconut to break
The pain is a tough coconut to break

Scared boy in the middle of the world
I sought refuge in your arms
Water of false brightness
Muddy bottom
If I were to make flour
Like you make suffer
I wouldn't recite prayers
So God wouldn't get upset

Coconut breaking ...

In my interior
There's something that has no name
In my interior
There's something that has no name
When I name the thing
The thing disappears
Boy what is this thing?
He replied to me: 'It's hunger!'

Coconut breaking ...