Composer: Baião De Corda
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Trás a lamparina
Ilumina por favor
Que eu quero saber a cor
Da minha sina
No cedo do dia eu parto naquele vapor
Vou vê de longe a ponteira
Da igreja do Carmo
Faca cravada na crilha do barco
Não esquece o mastro
Não esquece o pote
Não esquece o lastro
E bota nó nessa vela
Que eu quero sair desse laço
Translation
Bring the oil lamp
Light it, please
Because I want to know the color
Of my destiny
Early in the day I leave on that steamboat
I will see from afar the spire
Of the Carmo church
Knife stuck in the keel of the boat
Don't forget the mast
Don't forget the pot
Don't forget the ballast
And tie a knot in this sail
Because I want to get out of this snare
