Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Samba-Enredo 2008

Blessed be... Blessed by the Creator
A utopia, a destiny, a mystical dream of great
royalties
Dream... To desire glories like a king
And the sun shines again
With hope in sight
But disappeared like a grain of sand in the desert
And enchanted reborn
In every being, in every heart
To ward off greed in pursuit of the ideal
The Fifth Universal Empire

Let my samba take you
And my star guide you
To the Beach of the Sheets, in the beliefs of Maranhão
There's a castle that belongs to King Sebastian

In Rio de Janeiro, caravels landed
Bringing the Royal Family
Progress in combined colors
Debret portrayed the transformation
In the tropical lands of my Brazil
The heritage, the pain... The myth resurfaced
Behold the Sebastian warrior
The proudest of the Lusitanians in green and white
Who carries in his heart a shining star
From North to South of this nation
Makes the popular manifestation

My warrior Mocidade
Brings equality, justice, and peace
Today the Fifth Empire is Brazilian love
Sing Mocidade sing!