Meu Gunga

Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning

Meu Gunga


Song Lyrics

0:04 - Eu já vi cantar de tudo

Eng: I've seen singing of everything

0:06 - Nas rodas de capoeira

Eng: On capoeira wheels

0:09 - Louvação pros velhos mestres

Eng: Praise for the old masters

0:11 - E até pra quem morreu

Eng: And even for those who died

0:13 - Do pandeiro e do atabaque

Eng: From the tambourine and the atabaque

0:16 - Do ganzá e do agogô

Eng: From the ganzá and the agogo

0:18 - Eu só não vim falar do dia em

Eng: I just didn't come to talk about the day when

0:21 - em que o meu gunga quebrou

Eng: when my gunga broke

0:23 - Cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Where's my gunga you promised me

0:27 - Oiaiá cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Oiaiá where's my gunga you promised me

0:32 - Tem sempre um cabra na Roda

Eng: There's always a goat at the wheel

0:34 - Que é pra tomar conta disso

Eng: What is to take care of it

0:37 - Troca arame, curva verga

Eng: Change wire, bend lintel

0:39 - De beriba ou de caniço

Eng: Beriba or reed

0:42 - Gunga veio do Kikongo

Eng: Gunga came from Kikongo

0:44 - Me disseram um um tempo atrás

Eng: I was told a while ago

0:47 - Dizem que é pessoa velha

Eng: They say it's an old person

0:48 - Pra mim o meu gunga é muito mais

Eng: For me my gunga is a lot but

0:51 - Cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Where's my gunga you promised me

0:55 - Oiaiá cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Oiaiá where's my gunga you promised me

1:00 - Pode ter bom mandingueiro

Eng: You can have a good mandingueiro

1:03 - Cantador no meu terreiro

Eng: Singer in my yard

1:05 - Pouco importa camarada

Eng: It doesn't matter comrade

1:07 - Meu gunga fala primeiro

Eng: My gunga speaks first

1:10 - Mais bonito do que a iúna

Eng: More beautiful than the iuna

1:12 - E o canto do sabiá

Eng: And the song of the thrush

1:14 - Me perdoa Deus do Céu

Eng: Forgive me God in Heaven

1:17 - É o meu gunga a tocar

Eng: It's my gunga playing

1:19 - Cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Where's my gunga you promised me

1:23 - Oiaiá cadê meu gunga que você me prometeu

Eng: Oiaiá where's my gunga you promised me

1:29 - Gunga é Meu, Gunga é Meu

Eng: Gunga is mine, Gunga is mine

1:31 - Ê gunga é meu foi meu pai que me deu

Eng: ê gunga is mine it was my father who gave it to me

1:33 - Gunga é meu, Gunga é meu

Eng: Gunga is mine, Gunga is mine

1:35 - Ai Ai, Gunga é meu, Ai Ai gunga é meu

Eng: Ai Ai, Gunga is mine, Ai Ai gunga is mine

1:38 - Gunga é meu, Gunga é meu

Eng: Gunga is mine, Gunga is mine

1:40 - Ê gunga é meu foi meu pai que me deu

Eng: ê gunga is mine it was my father who gave it to me

1:42 - Gunga é meu, Gunga é meu

Eng: Gunga is mine, Gunga is mine


History and sentiment behind song

The gunga is considered the leader of the three berimbaus. The oldest mestre or the host of the roda is usually the one who plays the berimbau. This holder of the gunga can decide what rhythm is played and the other instruments of the bateria follow along. The person playing the gunga can also stop someone from entering the roda, or request someone to play. This list of responsibilities is why the gunga is usually only trusted to the students or teahcer with the highest graduation.


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