Capoeira Song of the Week: Tempo Passar, Passou
You submit the songs. We show you the lyrics, translation, and give some phonetic spelling to help your pronunciation.
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 Risos for this week's submission. Enjoy!
Tempo Passar, Passou
Tempo passar, passou
TEHM-pooh pah-SAHRH, pah-SOH
Time will pass, it passed
A hora chegar, chegou
Ah OH-rah sheh-GAHRH, sheh-GOH
The time will come, it arrived
Preto velho cantarolar, cantarolou
PREH-tooh VEH-lyooh kahn-tahrh-oh-LAHRH, kahn-tahrh-oh-LOH
Old black man will sing softly, sang softly
A gringa chorar, chorou
Ah GREEHNH-gah shoh-RAHRH, shoh-ROH
The foreign girl will cry, she cried
(coro/chorus)
Tempo passar, passou
TEHM-pooh pah-SAHRH, pah-SOH
Time will pass, it passed
A hora chegar, chegou
Ah OH-rah sheh-GAHRH, sheh-GOH
The time will come, it arrived
Berimbau chamar, chamou
Beeh-reenh-BOW shah-MAHRH, shah-MOH
Berimbau will call, it called
Pra roda formar, formou
Prah HOH-dah fohrh-MAHRH, fohrh-MOH
For the roda to form, it formed
(coro/chorus)
Tempo passar, passou
TEHM-pooh pah-SAHRH, pah-SOH
Time will pass, it passed
A hora chegar, chegou
Ah OH-rah sheh-GAHRH, sheh-GOH
The time will come, it arrived
Moleque pular, pulou
Moh-LEH-keeh pooh-LAHRH, pooh-LOH
The kid will jump, he jumped
No Porto mergulhar, mergulhou
Nooh POHRH-tooh mehrh-gooh-LYAHRH, mehrh-gooh-LYOH
At Porto he will dive, he dived
(coro/chorus)
Tempo passar, passou
TEHM-pooh pah-SAHRH, pah-SOH
Time will pass, it passed
A hora chegar, chegou
Ah OH-rah sheh-GAHRH, sheh-GOH
The time will come, it arrived