Tudo começou assim
Hoje eu tenho que lembrar
De Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
Que eram os pais
de Mestre Bimba
Manoel dos Reis Machado
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
Em mil novecentos
Este fato aconteceu
Em vinte trés de novembro
O Mestre Bimba nasceu
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
Bimba assim dizia
Tocando seu Berimbau
Sentado no velho banco
Ensinando regional
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
Nos dias de formatura
Era obrigado a jogar
O São Bento Grande
e o toque de Iuna
a Benguela nâo podia sujar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
A Benguela chamou pra jogar
A Benguela chamou pra jogar Capoeira
Em cinco de fevereiro
do ano de setenta e quatro
Esta tristeza aconteceu
Na cidade de Goiânia
Mestre Bimba faleceu
Everything started like this
Today I have to remember
From Maria Martinha do Bonfim
Luiz Candido Machado
who were the parents
of Mestre Bimba
Manoel dos Reis Machado
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
In nineteen hundred
it happened
on the twenty-third of November
Mestre Bimba was born
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
Bimba said so
Playing your Berimbau
Sitting on the old bench
Teaching regional
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
On graduation days
Was forced to play
The São Bento Grande
and the "Toca de Iuna" (a certain rhythm on the berimbao)
Benguela could not
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
Benguela called to play
Benguela called to play Capoeira
On February 5
year of the seventy four
This sadness happened
In the city of Goiânia
Mestre Bimba passed away