Alegria [English translation]

Happiness

To sing according to the drums

The brunette women will dance to it

Who dances has happiness

My people

Was sad and bitter

It created the drums

So that it would stop perishing

Hail pleasure, hail pleasure!

I don't want to hear any sadness

Since it makes me perish

I'll leave the crude nostalgia

I'll make some sound night and day

I'll dance to it

Waiting to happiness

To see if I'll get better

I'll sing, pretending to be happy

So that mankind won't see me crying

• Artist:Vanessa da Mata
• Album:Vanessa da Mata