Conto de areia [English translation]

There's water on the sea, that's a high tide, oh

I'm seasick, oh seasick

People tell that all the sadness

That there's in Bahia

Rose from brown eyes

Soaked in sea

I don't know if it's a sand tale

Or if it's fantasy

That the light of hanging lamp shines

For us to tell

One day the brunette girl garnished

In roses and laces

Give us her girly smile

And asked for a dance

The night lended the stars

Embroidered in silver

And the water of Amaralina

Were moonlight drops

There was only a heart

Full of promisses, only one

There was only a heart full of promisse (twice)

Who ordered

Your love

Play the canoist?

The wind which rolls the palm trees

Drags the sailboat

And takes it to the middle of the waters

Of Iemanjá

And the brave master wanders

Looking at the sand without reaching the beach

Goodbye, love

Goodbye, my love

Don't you wait for me

Because I'm leaving now

To the kingdom of my lady

Where the treasures are hidden

Why don't you make shell necklaces

To fill the time

And stop looking at the sailboats

Goodbye, my love, I'm not coming back anymore

It was Beira Mar, Beira mar who called

It was Beira Mar, Beira Mar (twice)