Meu Rio [English translation]

Vast provincial city

Lives on faith, drinks Samba and amen

Plans of yesteryear roam the street

Screams of the people that cry out for someone

Marvelous giant inlet

Pays a fortune and only travels by train

Very righteous majestic mother

Asks for help from herself and beyond

Make delicate your son the glory

That mirrors your sea without end

I go in the procession your story

Shelters me, as I serve you

Child of the country in flesh and spirit

I will sing for you my Rio

My Rio... my Rio

Hard capital incredibly expensive

Gaspar de Lemos in exchange for vintém

Tamoio kingdom, your memories

Pulsate in the skin of the bossa as well

Arms open wide, you are generous

Speaker of dreams and dogs

In this millennium doesn't want any more prose

Wants fair game for all the disdain

Make delicate your son the glory

That mirrors your sea without end

I go in the procession your story

Shelters me, as I serve you

Child of the country in flesh and spirit

I will sing for you my Rio

My Rio... my Rio

My Rio!

• Artist:Sérgio Mendes