Capoeira Song of the Week: Ventania
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The format works like this:
The lyrics in Portuguese are in bold
The phonetic spelling for pronunciation is in italics with the STRESSED SYLLABLES IN ALL CAPITALS with syllables se-pa-ra-ted by dash-es
The English translation is in regular text
Thanks to Xerife for this week's submission. Enjoy!
Ventania
Vento forte é ventania
VEHN-tooh FOHRH-cheeh eh/ah vehn-tah-NEEH-ah
A strong wind is a gust of wind
Vento forte é furacão
VEHN-tooh FOHRH-cheeh eh/ah fooh-rah-KOWNH
A strong wind is a hurricane
Vento forte é capoeira
VEHN-tooh FOHRH-cheeh eh/ah kah-pooh-EY-rah
A strong wind is capoeira
Dentro do meu coração.
DEHN-trooh dooh meh/ooh koh-rah-SOWNH
Inside my heart
Olha quebra gereba...
OH-lyah KEH-brah zheh-REH-brah
Look break "geraba"...
(coro/chorus)
Quebra*
KEH-brah
Break
*see our entry on 'quebra' here
Vento forte enche a vela
VEHN-tooh FOHRH-cheeh EHN-sheeh ah VEH-lah
A strong wind fills the sail
Do saveiro a navegar
Dooh sah-VEY-rooh ah nah-veh-GAHRH
Of the boat so it can sail
Pescador que vai pra pescar
Pehs-kah-DOHRH keeh vaye prah PEHS-kahrh
The fisherman that goes out to fish
Não tem hora de voltar..
Nownh tehngh OH-rah deeh vohl-TAHRH
Doesn't have a time to return
Olha quebra gereba...
OH-lyah KEH-brah zheh-REH-brah
Look break "geraba"...
(coro/chorus)
Quebra*
KEH-brah
Break
Vento forte é barravento
VEHN-tooh FOHRH-cheeh eh/ah bah-hah-VEHN-tooh
A strong wind is barravento - a rhythm for the drum in candomblê
Quando o santo vai pegar
KHWAHN-dooh ooh SAHN-tooh vaye peh-GAHRH
That the saint is going to catch
Quando a roda está boa
KWAHN-dooh ah HOH/AH-dah BOH-ah
When the roda is good
Não tem hora de parar
Nownh tehngh OH-rah deeh pah-RAHRH
There is no time for it to stop
Olha quebra gereba...
OH-lyah KEH-brah zheh-REH-brah
Look break "geraba"...
(coro/chorus)
Quebra*
KEH-brah
Break
Quebra lá tudo hoje
KEH-brah lah TOOH-dooh OH-zhee
Break everything there today...
(coro/chorus)
Quebra*
KEH-brah
Break
Amanhã nada quebra
ah-mah-NYAH NAH-dah KEH-brah
Tomorrow nothing breaks
(coro/chorus)
Quebra*
KEH-brah
Break
*see our entry on quebra here