melhor ser alegre que ser triste 
Alegria e a melhor coisa que existe 
[bad word] a luz no coracao
Mas pra fazer um [bad word] beleza 
preciso um bocado de tristeza 
Senao nao se faz um samba nao

Fazer samba nao e contar piada
quem faz samba assim nao e de nada 
O bom samba e uma forma de oracao 
Porque o samba e a tristeza que balanca 
a tristeza tem sempre uma esperanca 
De um dia nao ser mais triste nao 

Poe um pouco de amor numa cadencia 
vai ver que ninguem no mundo vence 
beleza que tem um samba nao 
Porque o samba nasceu la na Bahia 
se hoje ele e branco na poesia 
Ele e negro demais no coracao 

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Translation:
Samba Of the Blessing

It's better to be happy than sad 
Happiness is the best thing there is 
It is like a light in the heart 
But to make a samba with beauty 
It's needed a bit of sadness 
If not the samba can't be made 

To make a samba is not like telling a joke
And who makes samba like this is worth nothing 
The good samba is a kind of prayer 
Because samba is the sadness that sways 
And sadness is always hopeful 
Of one day not being sad any more 

Put a little love in the cadence 
And you'll see that in this world nobody wins 
The beauty that a samba have 
Because samba was born in Bahia 
And if today it is white in it's poetry 
It is very black in it's heart