Samba Da Benção

(Lyrics by VinÞÆ’cius de Moraes)

ÞÆ’ melhor ser alegre que ser triste
Alegria ÞÆ’© a melhor coisa que existe
ÞÆ’ assim como a luz no coraރ§ރ£o
Mas prރ¡ fazer um samba com beleza
ÞÆ’ preciso um bocado de tristeza
Senރ£o nރ£o se faz um samba nރ£o

Fazer samba nރ£o ÞÆ’© contar piada
E quem faz samba assim nރ£o ÞÆ’© de nada
O bom samba ÞÆ’© uma forma de oraރ§ރ£o
Porque o samba ÞÆ’© a tristeza que balanރ§a
E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperanރ§a
De um dia nރ£o ser mais triste nރ£o

Pރµe um pouco de amor numa cadރªncia
E vai ver que ninguÞÆ’©m no mundo vence
A beleza que tem um samba nރ£o
Porque o samba nasceu lރ¡ na Bahia
E se hoje ele ÞÆ’© branco na poesia
Ele ÞÆ’© negro demais no coraރ§ރ£o

Translation:
Samba Of the Blessing

It's better to be happy than sad
Happiness is the best thing there is
It is like a light in the heart
But to make a samba with beauty
It's needed a bit of sadness
If not the samba can't be made

To make a samba is not like telling a joke
And who makes samba like this is worth nothing
The good samba is a kind of prayer
Because samba is the sadness that sways
And sadness is always hopeful
Of one day not being sad any more

Put a little love in the cadence
And you'll see that in this world nobody wins
The beauty that a samba have
Because samba was born in Bahia
And if today it is white in it's poetry
It is very black in it's heart