A benguela chamou pra jogar

A benguela chamou pra jogar
A benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira

Tudo começou assim
Hoje eu tenho que lembrar
De Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
Que eram os pais de Mestre Bimba
Manoel do Reis Machado

A benguela chamou pra jogar
A benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira

Em mil novecentos este fato aconteceu
Em vinte trés de novembro
O Mestre Bimba nasceu

A benguela chamou pra jogar
A benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira

Bimba assim dizia
Tocando seu berimbau
Sentado no velho banco
Ensinando a regional

A benguela chamou pra jogar
A benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira

Nos dias de formatura
Era obrigado a jogar
O São Bento Grande E o Toque de Iuna
A benguela não podia sujar

A benguela chamou pra jogar
A benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira

Em cinco de fevereiro
Do ano de setenta e quatro
Esta tristeza aconteceu
Na cidade de Goiânia
Mestre Bimba faleceu

Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play capoeira

It all started like this
Today I have to remember
Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
Who were the parents of Mestre Bimba
Manoel dos Reis Machado

Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play capoeira

In nineteen hundred This event happened
On the twenty third of November
Mestre Bimba was born

Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play capoeira

Bimba used to say in his way
While playing his berimbau
Seated on the old bench
Teaching Regional

Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play capoeira

On the days of graduation
It was obligatory to play
São Bento Grande and the beat of Iuna
In Benguela one cannot get dirty

Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play capoeira

On the fifth of February
of the year of seventy-five
This sad event happened
In the city of Goiânia
Mestre Bimba passed away