Maria, Maria [English translation]

Maria, Maria

Is a gift, a certain magic

A strength that alerts us

A woman who deserves

To live and to love

Like any other on the planet

Maria, Maria

Is the sound, the color, the sweat

The strongest and slowest dosage

Of people who laugh

When they should cry

And (who) don't live, just endures

(1) But having strength is needed

Having endurance is needed

Yearning is needed, always

Those who bring this mark on the body

Maria, Maria

Blend the pain and the joy

(2) But having slyness is needed

Having grace is needed

Having dreams is needed, always

Those who bring this mark on the skin

Possess the strange habit of having faith in life

(Repeat 1 and 2)

(3) ! Hei! Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei!

Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei!!

Lá Lá Lá Lerererê Lerererê

Lá Lá Lá Lerererê Lerererê

Hei! Hei! Hei! Hei!

Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei!

Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei! Ah! Hei!

Lá Lá Lá Lerererê Lerererê!

Lá Lá Lá Lerererê Lerererê!...

(Repeat 1, 2 and 3)

• Artist:Milton Nascimento