Glory
to the race,
glory to the color,
glory to the beauty of the form.
Glory, glory,
that the negro earned,
glory, glory, that the negro
deserves,
soul and life of our Brazil!
Three
hundred years since the valiant
Zumbi,
three centuries past brave warrior,
three centuries of the growing
negro nation,
in the drudgery of slavery,
in the fight for space in our
greater culture:
the dance,
the food,
the music,
the cheerful irreverence
active intelligence and freedom,
the natural joy of an innocent
act of being
that represents Brazil.
Glory
to the arts of Aleijadinho,
glory to the poetry of Gonçalves
Dias,
glory to the romance of Machado
de Assis,
glory to the voice of Milton
Nascimento,
glory to the feet of Pelé.
Glory to the samba of our Carnival.
Together, linked, in history,
all they, and much more
form the real Brazil,
with life and citizenship.
Bless
the race that gives color and
life
to our great Brazil!
