Оригинален текст
Sergio mendes & brasil '66 - mas que nada
(with pronunciation between <> and english language
translation, by dapianoman)
(piano intro)
o ariá rai, o?
<ohh, ahh ree ahh rye oh?>
Obá, obá, obá,
<oh bahh, oh bahh, oh bahh>
O (o, o, o, o,) ariá rai, o?
<ohh, wohh--ohh--ohh-ohh-ohh, ahh ree ahh rye ohh?>
Obá, obá, obá...
<oh bahh, oh bahh, oh bahh>
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chorus 1
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Mas que nada
<mahsh kay nahdah>
Sai da minha frente eu quero passar
<sigh dah minya frenche cue kay roo pahsah-hah>
Pois o samba está animado
<poyss oo sahm-bah eshta-ani-mah-doo>
O que eu quero é sambar
<oo cue kay-roo ay sam-bar>
Este samba que é misto de maracatu
<eshte sahmbah kay mishto dje marah cah too>
É samba de preto velho
<e sambah dje prehtoo vay-oo>
Samba de preto tu
<sambah dje prehtoo doo>
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chorus 2:
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Mas que nada
<mahsh kay nahdah>
Um samba como esse do legal
<oom sahmbah kohmoh esh-tay doh leh-gahl>
Você no vai querer
<voh-say nah vigh keh-rehr>
Que eu chegue no final
<kay oo sheh-gee noo fee-nahl>
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english translation (very rough)
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oh, little song, what are you?
what? what? what?
more of that nothing
It wants to pass in front of me
To liven up the samba
What i want to do is to samba
This samba, the samba of veiled color
The mix of your maracas,
The samba of antique veiled color
More of that nothing,
A samba that's just barely legal
You start wanting to go into it
then arriving at the end
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