(Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) E melhor ser alegre que ser triste Alegria e a melhor coisa que existe E assim como a luz no coracao Mas pra fazer um samba com beleza E preciso um bocado de tristeza Senao nao se faz um samba nao Fazer samba nao e contar piada E quem faz samba assim nao e de nada O bom samba e uma forma de oracao Porque o samba e a tristeza que balanca E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperanca De um dia nao ser mais triste nao Poe um pouco de amor numa cadencia E vai ver que ninguem no mundo vence A beleza que tem um samba nao Porque o samba nasceu la na Bahia E se hoje ele e branco na poesia Ele e negro demais no coracao [Translation:] Samba Of The Blessing It's better to be happy than sad Happiness is the best thing there is It is like a light in the heart But to make a samba with beauty It's needed a bit of sadness If not the samba can't be made To make a samba is not like telling a joke And who makes samba like this is worth nothing The good samba is a kind of prayer Because samba is the sadness that sways And sadness is always hopeful Of one day not being sad any more Put a little love in the cadence And you'll see that in this world nobody wins The beauty that a samba have Because samba was born in Bahia And if today it is white in it's poetry It is very black in it's heart.
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