I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbau
I will

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbau

Good wood is like friendship
It’s difficult to find
Friendship I keep in my chest
And with the wood I’ll make my berimbau
I will

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbauGood wood is like friendship

If Mestre Bimba would have been here
To teach me how to choose wood
I would enter the bush right away
Would take ipê and pereira wood
I’ll go

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbauGood wood is like friendship

The night comes I walk into the bush
The moon shines I will search
Jequitibá and maçaranduba
The guatambu I must find
I’ll go

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbauGood wood is like friendship

In old Africa Ungo was used
In the great religious festivals
The quijenge is a Umbundo dialect
It is the berimbau that conquered the world
I’ll go

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbauGood wood is like friendship

In the full moon I will reap the rewards
And as it dwindles I take the wood
I’ll go make my berimbau
To play in capoeira
I’ll go

I’ll wait for the moon to return
I want to enter the bush
I will take good wood
To make my berimbauGood wood is like friendship