Morena do Mar [English translation]

Oh dark1 woman from the sea, oh me, oh, dark woman from the sea

Oh dark woman from the sea, it's me, I've just arrived

Oh dark woman from the sea

I said that I was going to return

Oh, I said that I was going to arrive,

I've arrived

Oh dark woman from the sea, oh me, oh dark woman from the sea

Oh dark woman from the sea, it's me, I've just arrived

Oh dark woman from the sea

I said that I was going to return

Oh, I said that I was going to arrive,

I've arrived

To please you

Oh, I brought the little fishes from the sea

Dark woman

To embellish you,

I brought little shells from the sea

The stars of the sky

Dark woman

And the starfishes

Oh, the silver and gold pieces of Iemanjá2

Oh, the silver and gold pieces of Iemanjá

1. 'moreno' can either mean dark-skinned or dark-haired2. notable orixá, the patron goddess of fishermen, she is deeply associated with water