Lá vai eu e a minha dor,
e a minha dor berimbau,
e a minha dor
Lá vai eu e a minha dor,
e a minha dor berimbau,
e a minha dor
Lá vai eu sem forças pra caminhar
Desabafo num um cantar
Pra chorar mais que viola
Lá vai eu levando minhas tristezas
E que me tirem de tudo
Mas me deixem a capoeira
Lá vai eu e a minha dor,
e a minha dor berimbau,
e a minha dor
Lá vai eu levando rasteiras da vida
Juntando minhas feridas
pro tempo cicatrizar
Capoeira é ela quem me ensina
Que tem tempo de cair
E tempo de levantar
Lá vai eu e a minha dor,
e a minha dor berimbau,
e a minha dor
Desejei voltar lá no passado
Pra concertar os erros
E a minha vida mudar
Me ajoelhei ao pé do berimbau
E ouvi meu mestre falar
Que é pra frente que eu devo andar
Lá vai eu e a minha dor,
e a minha dor berimbau,
e a minha dor
There goes me and my pain,
and my pain berimbau,
and my pain
There goes me and my pain,
and my pain berimbau,
and my pain
There I go without the strength to walk
I vent in a song
To cry more than a viola
There I go carrying my sadness
And take me away from everything
But leave me capoeira
There goes me and my pain,
and my pain berimbau,
and my pain
There I go, getting tripped up in life
Gathering my wounds
for time to heal
Capoeira is the one who teaches me
That there’s time to fall
And time to get up
There goes me and my pain,
and my pain berimbau,
and my pain
I wanted to go back to the past
to fix the mistakes
And my life changes
I knelt down at the foot of the berimbau
And I heard my master speak
That I must walk forward
There goes me and my pain,
and my pain berimbau,
and my pain
Did you know?
Berimbau
- The berimbau is a single-string musical bow of African origin that functions as the absolute leader and commander of the roda.
- The instrument dictates the exact speed, stylistic tone, and combat intensity of the capoeiristas through specific rhythms known as toques.
- A traditional berimbau is constructed from a wooden staff, a steel wire, a hollowed gourd resonator, a small stone or coin, a bamboo shaker, and a wooden thin stick.
- In a traditional orchestra, three distinct pitches are used: the deep-toned gunga to lead the group, the medium médio to hold the rhythm, and the high-pitched viola to improvise.
- Enslaved Africans historically used the live music of the bow to camouflage their outlawed martial art, making the training look like an innocent dance to colonial authorities.
- Today, the instrument holds a sacred status within the art, and capoeiristas show immense reverence toward it, celebrating its spiritual voice in countless traditional songs.
Viola
- The viola—or violinha—is the highest-pitched berimbau in the orchestra, distinct for having the smallest gourd resonator and the most rigid wooden staff.
- Because its thicker wood requires immense physical strength to flex and string tightly, it produces a very sharp, bright, and piercing acoustic sound.
- In the musical hierarchy of the roda, it serves as the ultimate soloist, breaking away from the steady baseline rhythm maintained by the deeper instruments.
- Its primary role is to improvise, add rhythmic fills, and inject intricate variations that add texture and high energy to the atmosphere.
- It cuts through the heavy collective sound of the percussion easily, creating tiny acoustic spaces for expressive, advanced musical details.
- For capoeiristas, mastering the viola represents a high level of musical maturity, acting like a lead guitar that drives the spirit and flavor of the game.
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