Branca sã inocente, Cathrina,
Morena capaz fingi,
Preta abusadéra, Cathrina,
Vingança sempre pidi
A white girl is innocent, Cathrina,
A coloured girl is good at pretence;
A black girl is disrespectful, Cathrina,
Always seeking revenge.
Aguá (to fly) (GNB p.152) Poesia de Nata
À riba de lapa unga anjo,
Aguando descê do céo
Co’ unga letreiro escrevido
Gloria in excelsis deo
Above the grotto an angel
Flying down from heaven
With a sign on which is written
Gloria in excelsis deo
Alo macho (leek)(GNB p.155, p.497)
Riva de vosso porta, Catarina,
Três pau lôgo botá
Alo macho, tingili, Catarina
Sabsana cõ ocá.
Above your door, Catarina
I’ll put three stalks
Rosemary, tingili, Catarina
Sabsana with ocá.
Alho (garlic) (GNB p.156)
Tem corroa nã é padri;
Tem barba nã é homem;
Tem denti nã morde genti;
Tem rabo nã é macaco:
É alho.
It has a crown but is not a priest;
It has a beard but is not a man.
It has teeth but does not bite people;
It has a tail but is not a monkey;
It is garlic.
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Coco (coconut) (GNB p.148)
Cêo riva,
cêo basso,
águ na mêo.
Sã coco
Apa-muchi (sweetmeat made with rice flour) (GNB p.286)
Quim querê pra mim
Tant’ ancusa lôgo dá:
Apa-muchi-coco,
Pipis, catupâ.
A relatively modern parody of the preceding poem (GNB pp.286, 351)
Quim querê pra mim
Tant’ ancusa lôgo dá:
Will give many things:
Soco, bufatada,
A punch and a slap,
Sã ancusa que n’há-di faltá.
Something without fail.
Sapato (shoe) (GNB p.295)
Ung-a lorcha
A sailing boat
tem cinco atai tâ remá.
rowed by five Chinese boys.
Sã: Pê cô sapato.
It’s foot with a shoe.
Balichan (GNB p.304)
B-A-ba, primêro letra,
B-A-ba, the first letter,
L-I-li divinhaçan;
L-I-li guessing;
Quim querê sabe minha nome
Whoever wants to know my name
Botá ôlo na chan.
Put your eye on chão (floor).
Sã Balichan.
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