Clara Nunes — Fuzue song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Fuzue" by Clara Nunes.
Lyrics
Berimbau batia
Cabaça gemia
Moeda corria
Eu queria pular…
Ah! Ah!
Eu queria pular…
Ah! Ah!
Escrevi meu nome num fio de arame
E quem quer que me chame
Vai ter que gritar
Eh Camará, Eh Camará
Eh fuzuê
Parede de barro
Não vai me prender (4x)
Maria Macamba perdeu a caçamba
No cateretê
Sambou noite e dia
Que até parecia que ia morrer
Nasceu no quilombo
Aprendeu levar tombo
No canjerê
Foi de cesta no lombo
Com água e pitombo
Trocar por dendê, fuzuê
Eh fuzuê
Parede de barro
Não vai me prender (4x)
Tinha um pé de coqueiro
Cobrindo o terreiro
De onde eu nasci
Eu vi que o coco era oco
E valia tão pouco
Para se subir
Mas eu com um taco de toco
Batia no coco
Pro coco cair
E pegava no coco
Quebrava num soco
Sem repetir, fuzuê
Eh fuzuê
Parede de barro
Não vai me prender (4x)
Lyrics translation
Berimbau batia
Gourd groaning
Coin ran
I wanted to jump…
Ah! Ah!
I wanted to jump…
Ah! Ah!
I wrote My name on a wire
And whoever calls me
You'll have to scream
Hey Camara, Hey Camara
Eh fuzuê
Clay wall
Won't arrest me (4x)
Maria Macamba lost the bucket
At cateretê
Sambou night and day
That it even looked like I was going to die
Born in quilombo
Learned to take tombo
In the exchequer
Was Basket on the loin
With water and pitombo
Exchange for dendê, fuzuê
Eh fuzuê
Clay wall
Won't arrest me (4x)
Had a coconut foot
Covering the yard
Where I was born
I saw that coconut was hollow
And it was worth so little
To climb
But me with a stump bat
Hit the coconut
Pro coco fall
And took the coconut
Broke in a punch
Without repeating, fuzuê
Eh fuzuê
Clay wall
Won't arrest me (4x)