Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Batida de bombo
Estouro de bombas
Batuques de ingonos
Cantigas de banzo
Rangir de ganzás
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estou?
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estás?
As luas crescentes
De espelhos luzentes
Colares e pentes
Queixares e dentes
De maracajás
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estou?
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estás?
A balsa do rio
Cai no corrupio
Faz passo macio
Mas toma desvio
Que nunca sonhou
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estou?
Luanda, Luanda, aonde estou?
Translation
Drum beat
Bomb explosions
Ingono drums
Banzo songs
Ganzás squeaking
Luanda, Luanda, where am I?
Luanda, Luanda, where are you?
The crescent moons
Of shining mirrors
Necklaces and combs
Complaints and teeth
Of ocelots
Luanda, Luanda, where am I?
Luanda, Luanda, where are you?
The river raft
Falls into the whirlpool
Makes a soft step
But takes a detour
That it never dreamed of
Luanda, Luanda, where am I?
Luanda, Luanda, where am I?
