Translation of the song Sulista Nordestinizado artist Zélia Duncan

Portuguese

Sulista Nordestinizado

English translation

A Northeasternized Man From The South

Sulista Nordestinizado

A Northeasternized man from the South

Como foi chamado por Gilberto Freyre1

He was called like that by Gilberto Freire1

Guerra Peixe2 se tornou grande conhecedor do folclore nordestino

Guerra Peixe2 got to know a lot about the folklore of the Brazilian Northeast

Após morar vários anos na década de 40 no Recife, a capital de Pernambuco

After having lived for many years in the 1940's in Recife, the capital city of Pernambuco3

Neste período estudou intensamente ritmos como maracatu3, xangô, frevo4

During that time he studied rhythms like maracatu4, xangô and frevo5

Sobre este último, inclusive, ele descobriu que a dança foi trazida por ciganos pokis

Regarding the latter, he also discovered that that dance was brought over here by poki gypsies

Que para lá migraram, e não de negros africanos, como se pensava na época...

That migrated there, and not by black African people, that was what people thought at that time...

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