Through this avenue
A popular samba will pass
each and every stepping stone
Of the city
Will shiver and tremble
In remembrance
To the immortal sambas that here have passed
That here through our feet they bled
That here have danced our ancestors
In a time
Unfortunate event in our past
A faded page in the memory
Of our youngest generations
Here slept
Our motherland so unaware
Without noticing it was being subtracted
In nefarious transactions
Her children
Wandered blindly through the continent
Carried stones like penitents
Raising strange cathedrals
And one day, after all
They had the rights to a
Fleeting joy,
A breathtaking epidemic
Which was called carnival,
Carnival, carnival
(Will pass)
Applause to the impoverished barons block
The elegant napoleons block
And to the boulevard pygmies
Oh Lord, come and look
Come up close to see a city singing
The evolution of freedom
From dusk until dawn
Oh such good life, olerê
Oh such good life, olará
The general hospice's standard bearer will pass
Oh such good life, olerê
Oh such good life, olará
The general hospice's standard bearer will pass