Samba-Enredo 1992 - O Negro Que Virou Ouro Nas Terras do Salgueiro

Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro
Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro

History bordering on poetry
Legend, dream, and fantasy
Abyssinia, Arabia
Nature is so wise
A touch of mischief
Brought this delight to Pará

They say, then, they say, then
It was the land, the Sun, this moonlight
That made him fall in love with this land
And spread like a sea

Of color, race, smell, and flavor, flavor
Delicious like a kiss of love
Of color, race, smell, and flavor, flavor
Delicious like a kiss of love

The coffee cycle was the wealth
Faust and luxury of the nobility
And the sweat of slavery
Sly, turns into vice and routine
Corner philosophy
Coffee at the counter

Some even admit
That he gives good advice
In the popular lottery
Where's the good coffee? It went traveling, where will it be?
I don't know

Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro
Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro

History bordering on poetry
Legend, dream, and fantasy
Abyssinia, Arabia
Nature is so wise
A touch of mischief
Brought this delight to Pará

They say, then, they say, then
It was the land, the Sun, this moonlight
That made him fall in love with this land
And spread like a sea

Of color, race, smell, and flavor, flavor
Delicious like a kiss of love
Of color, race, smell, and flavor, flavor
Delicious like a kiss of love

The coffee cycle was the wealth
Faust and luxury of the nobility
And the sweat of slavery
Sly, turns into vice and routine
Corner philosophy
Coffee at the counter

Some even admit
That he gives good advice
In the popular lottery
Where's the good coffee? It went traveling, where will it be?
I don't know

Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro
Pound in the mortar, wise old black man
The black man who turned gold in the lands of Salgueiro