Meu Patua

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

Era domingo era um dia de oferendas

E eu levei flores pra Iemanjá

Fui celebrar Janaína rainha menina

Iemanjá que é a dona do mar

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

E na Bahia um mestre velho mandingueiro

Abriu a roda fazendo uma louvação

Cantou bem forte o lamento

Me dando a benção

Era a hora de eu sair pra jogar

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

Fui convidado pra uma roda de gigantes

Com dois Pandeiros e três Berimabaus

E um Atabaque tocando, maneiro e sereno

É a roda que já vai começar

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

Meu patuá é meu Berimbau sagrado

É minha vida, é também e meu cantar

É os meus amigos sorrindo sempre junto comigo

Na volta que o mundo dá

Foi na Bahia que eu mandai fazer

Foi na Bahia qui eu mandai preparar

Meu patuá meu pai, meu patuá

Meu patuá para me proteger

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me

It was Sunday, it was an offering day

And I took flowers to Iemanjá

I went to celebrate Janaína, queen girl

Lemanjá who owns the sea

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me

And in Bahia an old mandingueiro master

He opened the roda with a praise

Sang the lament very loudly

Giving me a blessing

It was time for me to go out and play

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me

I was invited to a roda of giants

With two pandeiros and three berimabaus

And an atabaque playing, cool and serene

It's the roda that will start

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me

My amulet is my sacred berimbau

It's my life, it's also my song

It's my friends always smiling, always together with me

In the turning of the world

It was in Bahia that I had it made

It was in Bahia that I had it prepared

My amulet, my father, my amulet

My amulet to protect me