É Doce Morrer no Mar [English translation]

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

A barge departed at night

Dawn came and it hasn't returned

The handsome sailor

Was taken by the sea siren

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

A barge departed at night

Dawn came and it hasn't returned

The handsome sailor

Was taken by the sea siren

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

In the green waves of the sea, my dear

He went off to drown

He made his nuptial bed

In the lap of Iemanjá1

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

It's sweet to die in the sea

In the green waves of the sea

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