Canto de Oyá

I am made of wind, of fire of steel
I am not disturbed, bad weather I am reborn
Among forests, roads and bamboo groves
I walk where no one goes

My mother taught me
To be a breeze when I can
And also gave me
The courage, of a thousand buffaloes in one woman

I am made in time
In the shadow of space
My path is not slow
I am impulse
I am trail

The lightning in the sky are portals
That take me
Where she is

My mother taught me
To be a breeze when I can
And also gave me
The courage of a thousand buffaloes in one woman

Oyá, butterfly
Yansã, my queen
Oyá, butterfly
Your strength is also mine

Oyá, butterfly
Yansã, my queen
Oyá, butterfly
Your strength is also mine

Oyá
Your strength has nine mysteries
Oyá
In your divine essence I surrender
Oyá
Your song that runs in the wind
Making time stand still

Oyá
With you I engage in this dance
Oyá
Your fire renews hope
Oyá
Storm, gusts of wind
Strength that transforms

I thank your love my mother
I greet every day
The opportunity in this life
To be your daughter, your protected one, your girl
And have your strength within me
It is an honor in every battle moment
Hail the winds of Yansã

Oyá, butterfly
Yansã, my queen
Oyá, butterfly
Your strength is also mine

For I am the daughter of the wind and I do not surrender to bad weather