Composer: Trio Juazeiro
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Bahia de todos os santos
Sinto derramar meu pranto sabor de dendê
E o batuque do elu implora
Pedindo que eu vá embora
Pra rever você
Ai, ai que saudade da Bahia
Quando eu visitava o candomblé
Ai, ai que saudade da Bahia
Do calor e da magia e do gostoso acarajé
Ainda sinto cheiro da poeira
Da boas candoblezeiras arrastando os pés no chão
Ao som do elo de bom batuqueiro
De batucar no terreiro e de pegar o sol com a mão
Translation
Bahia of all saints
I feel my weeping spill with the flavor of palm oil
And the batuque of the elu implores
Asking me to go away
To see you again
Oh, oh, how I miss Bahia
When I visited the candomblé
Oh, oh, how I miss Bahia
The warmth and the magic and the tasty acarajé
I still smell the dust
Of the good candomblé women dragging their feet on the ground
To the sound of the good batuqueiro's connection
Of drumming in the terreiro and catching the sun with his hand
