0:02 - Ma ta rala la serra perto do canavial
Eng: Ma ta rala la serra near the cane field
0:05 - Sua beleza também é sua defesa
Eng: Your beauty is also your defense
0:07 - Essa arte brasileira
Eng: This Brazilian art
0:09 - Encheu os olhos da princesa
Eng: Filled the princess's eyes
0:11 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:16 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:21 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:27 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:32 - Leva mensagem
Eng: Take message
0:33 - Que é através do meu lamento
Eng: That is through my regret
0:34 - Se você tem um bom senso
Eng: If you have a good sense
0:36 - Vai para pra me escutar
Eng: Go to listen to me
0:38 - Vem acuado e só vivia pelos cantos
Eng: Come cornered and only lived in the corners
0:40 - Dependeu de papel branco
Eng: Depended on white paper
0:41 - Pra poder se libertar
Eng: To be able to break free
0:43 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:48 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:54 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
0:59 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:05 - É uma princesa que chamava Isabel
Eng: It's a princess who called Isabel
1:07 - Que depois foi acusada
Eng: Who was later accused
1:08 - De dormir com o negão
Eng: Sleeping with the nigga
1:10 - Quebra a corrente
Eng: Breaks the chain
1:11 - Abre as portas da Senzala
Eng: Opens the doors of Senzala
1:12 - Vai te embora, corre escravo
Eng: Go away, run slave
1:13 - Não fuja mais pra escuridão
Eng: Don't run away to darkness anymore
1:16 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:21 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:26 - Quando amanhece
Eng: When dawn
1:27 - O nego ja tava longe
Eng: The nigger was already far away
1:28 - Quando o sol vem da notícia
Eng: When the sun comes from the news
1:30 - O escravo se libertou
Eng: The slave broke free
1:32 - Volta pra casa
Eng: Come back home
1:33 - Pra junto da sua família
Eng: To your family
1:34 - Não tem mais escravidão
Eng: No more slavery
1:35 - Nem tronco e nem feitor
Eng: Neither trunk nor overseer
1:37 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:43 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:48 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
1:53 - Lei áurea ae oo Lei Áurea a
Eng: Golden Law a and oo Golden Law a
By the end of the 19th century, slavery was doomed in the Brazilian Empire. Reasons included growing quilombo militias raids in plantations that still used slaves, the refusal of the Brazilian army to deal with escapees and the growth of Brazilian abolitionist movements. The Empire tried to soften the problems with laws to restrict slavery, but finally Brazil would recognise the end of the institution on May 13, 1888, with a law called Lei Áurea (the golden law), sanctioned by imperial parliament and signed by Princess Isabel.
Even though the emancipation of all slaves in Brazil was broadly popular, there were also strong resistance to Princess Isabel's succession to the throne. Her gender, strong Catholic faith and her marriage to a foreigner were seen as hindrance against her, and thus the liberation of the slaves caused great disfavour among powerful planters.