Axinene Ari Vava (“Thank you, my sister”)
Let your natural hair be free
Young girl
In my land, in our natural land, there’s no fear
There’s capulana, there’s muciro, there’s micovova
(To exalt)
Your beauty, mwampula
Let your body move as you jump rope to the sound of the tufo
Your serene song
Mutiana Horera (noble woman, elegant one)
Axinene Ari Vava,
Axinene Ari Vava
(Thank you, my sister)
Ku xucuro, this is how we say thank you
Here on the island
There’s the flavor of the earth
There’s Nikhotonkoro, Matapha, Djampa (traditional foods/dances/places)
There is joy
That’s contagious
There is magic
There is enchantment
Let your body move as you jump rope to the sound of the tufo
Your serene song
Mutiana Horera