Mas Que Nada [English translation]

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

Come on,1

get out of my way2

'cause I want to pass.

Because the samba is vivacious,

and what I want is to do the samba.

That samba

which is a mixture of Maracatu,3

Preto Velho-samba,

Preto Tutú-samba...4

Come on,

a samba like this, so good.

You don't want

that I get to the end of it...

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

That samba

which is a mixture of Maracatu,

Preto Velho-samba,

Preto Tutú-samba...

Come on,

a samba like this, so good.

You don't want

that I get to the end of it...

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!

Obah, obah, obah!

1. lit. 'but that (is) nothing'; Brazilian Portuguese slang for 'come on'. Not to be confused with 'mais que nada' or Spanish 'más que nada', which both mean 'more than nothing'2. lit. 'leave from my front'3. A Brazilian performance genre combining parades, dance and music.4. Various Brazilian samba-genres.

• Artist:Jorge Ben Jor
• Album:Samba Esquema Novo (1963), Track 01