Viola De Waldemar
Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning
Song Lyrics
0:15 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:21 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:26 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:31 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:34 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:39 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:44 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:50 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
0:52 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
0:55 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
0:58 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:01 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:03 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:06 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:09 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:11 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:16 - Minha viola
Eng: My viola
1:17 - Que eu não canso de tocar
Eng: That I never get tired of playing
1:19 - Quando bate uma saudade
Eng: When a longing hits
1:23 - De Mestre Waldemar
Eng: From Mestre Waldemar
1:24 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:28 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:30 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:33 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:35 - Cada toque um lamento
Eng: Every touch a regret
1:38 - Parecia solidão
Eng: It felt like loneliness
1:41 - Waldemar levando a vida
Eng: Waldemar leading his life
1:43 - Como um simples artesão
Eng: Like a simple craftsman
1:46 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:49 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:51 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
1:54 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
1:57 - E hoje eu digo a vocês
Eng: And today I say to you
1:59 - E recordo a todos nós
Eng: And I remind all of us
2:02 - Que quem tem um berimbau
Eng: That whoever has a berimbau
2:04 - De Waldemar é o Boa Voz
Eng: From Waldemar is the good voice
2:07 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
2:10 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
2:13 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
2:16 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
2:18 - Só restaram as histórias
Eng: Only the stories remained
2:21 - Que o tempo não apaga mais
Eng: That time no longer erases
2:23 - Cantando na Liberdade
Eng: Singing in Freedom
2:26 - E também no Pero Vaz
Eng: And also in Pero Vaz
2:28 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
2:31 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
2:34 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
2:37 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
2:39 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
2:45 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
2:50 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
2:55 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
2:58 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:03 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:08 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:13 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:16 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
3:19 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
3:22 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
3:25 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
3:28 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
3:30 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
3:33 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
3:35 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
3:38 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:43 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:48 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:53 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
3:57 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
4:01 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
4:07 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
4:12 - Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
Eng: Ê lê, lê, lê, lê, lê
4:15 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
4:18 - Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar
Eng: Berimbau by Mestre Waldemar
4:21 - Eu fui na Bahia pra tocar
Eng: I went to Bahia to play
History and sentiment behind song
Waldemar Rodrigues da Paixão (Mestre Waldemar, Waldemar da Liberdade ou Waldemar do Pero Vaz) was born in 1916 in Ilha de Maré and began the practice of capoeira in 1936 at 20 years old. He began to teach capoeira in 1940, He was already a very skillful and respected capoeira when he begun holding his rodas in the Corta-Braço slum (a very poor neighborhood in Salvador Bahia), later known as Liberdade.“Earlier, it was in open air. Later I made a shed of straw and the capoeiristas of Bahia all came there to play.” Like Canjiquinha and others, Waldemar learned capoeira intuitively, in the old way of teaching/learning capoeira by observation and imitation as opposed to systematized teaching. Little by little, Mestre Waldemar’s roda became one of the most important meeting points for Bahian capoeiristas.
