Translation of the song Mi Cocodrilo Verde artist Caetano Veloso

Mi cocodrilo verde

My green crocodile

Carcajada mulata

Mulatto Guffaw

Canción de serenata

Serenade song

Embrujo de maraca y bongó

Spell of maraca and bongos

Mi cocodrilo verde

My green crocodile

En tu palmar se perde

In your palm he loses

La clásica leyenda

The classic legend

De yemanyá y Changó

Of Yemanyá (a spirit/diety) y Changó (another spirit/diety)

Mi cocodrilo vede

My green crocodile

Son tus mares de espuma

They are your seas of foam

Tu majestuosa luna

Your majestic moon

Y tu sol tropical

And your tropical sun

Mi cocodrilo verde

My green crocodile

Terroncito de azúcar

Small lumps of sugar

Las gaviotas anidan

The seagulls nest

En tu litoral

In your shore