Berimbau [English translation]

He who is a good man does not betray

The love that wants the best for him

He who often says he will leave, he does not

As he never leaves, he never arrives

He who does not leave himself

Will die having loved no one

The money of the one who does not give

Is the labor of the one who does not have

A good capoeira never falls

But if one day he falls, he falls well

Capoeira tells me to say he has already arrived,

He has arrived to fight

Berimbau assures me, there will be lovers' quarrel

Such sadness, my friend