Magalenha lyrics+translation copy

Magalenha
(translation/explanation by Matt Wright with help from Vanessa Isaac)
Vem Magalenha rojão,
traz a lenha pro fogão,
vem fazer armação.
Hoje é um dia de sol,
alegria de coió,
é curtir o verão.
Te te te te te te
Vem Magalenha rojão,
traz a senha pro fogão,
te te te coração.
Hoje é um dia de sol,
alegria de xodó,
meu dever de verão.
O calangulango,
do calango da pretinha,
to cantando essa mudinha pra senhora se lembrar,
daquele tempo que vivia lá na roça com uma filha na
barriga e outra filha pra cria.
Come, firecracker Magalenha,
bring some fuel for the stove,
Come make a prank/trick1.
Today is a day of sunshine,
The joy of the gurnard2,
Is to enjoy the summer.
You you you you you you
Come, firecracker Magalenha,
bring the password for the stove
To your heart.
Today is a day of sunshine,
The joy of infatuation3,
My summer duty.
Oh Lizardizard4,
The black lady’s lizard
singing this little sprout5 to remind the lady
of that time she lived there in the bush with a daughter in the
belly and another daughter to raise
“Armação,” literally “armature” or “frame,” is slang for a prank or trick.
A kind of fish, a sea robin or possibly a flying fish. Colloquially “idiot.”
3 “Xodó” means the object of one’s great passion.
4 “Calangulango” is a nonsense word derived from “calango” meaning “lizard.”
5 “Mudinha” can mean “sapling” or “little sprout.” It also sounds like “modinha”
meaning “verse.”
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