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Quando a maré baixar Vá lhe visitar Vá lhe fazer devoção Vá lhe presentear No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá Vários negros foram pro Brasil Bantos, Nagôs e Yorubas Dentro de um navio negreiro Deixando suas lágrimas correr No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá Sua lágrima correu pro mar Tocou no peito de Iemanjá Ela podia mudar a maré Fazer meu navio Voltar para Guiné No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá No mar Mora Iemanjá

When the tide goes out Go visit her Go and make her devotion Go give her a gift In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá Many blacks went to Brazil Bantos, Nagôs and Yorubas Inside a slave ship Letting their tears run In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá Their tears ran to the sea It touched Iemanjá's chest She could turn the tide Make my ship Turn back to Guinea In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá In the sea Lives Iemanjá

Iemanjá - part of the Yoruba Pantheon and is regarded as the godess of the sea.