Below, I translated the lyrics of the song E Lá Vou Eu (Mensageiro) by João Nogueira from Portuguese to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
E lá vou eu
And there I go
Melhor que mereço
Better than I deserve
Pagando a bom preço
Paying at a good price
Ai, se não fosse o violão
Oh, if it weren't for the guitar
E o jeito de fazer samba
And the way to do samba
Do tempo que quem fazia
From the time that whoever did
Corria do camburão
Camburão run
Hoje não corre, não
Don't run today, no
Hoje o samba é decente
Today samba is decent
E ninguém aguenta, ó gente
And no one can take it, oh people
A força de um samba, não
The strength of a samba, no
Pois quem faz samba fala
Because those who play samba speak
E quem fala, atenção
And whoever speaks, pay attention
Força nenhuma cala a voz da multidão
No force can silence the voice of the crowd
E cantar 'inda vai ser bom
And sing 'it's still going to be good
Quando o samba primeiro
When samba first
Não for prisioneiro
Don't be a prisoner
Desse desespero e resignação
Of this despair and resignation
E lá vai minha voz
And there goes my voice
Espalhando então
Then spreading
O meu samba guerreiro
My samba warrior
Fiel mensageiro da população
Faithful messenger of the population
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