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!
