Foi
Foi no clarão da Lua
Que eu vi acontecer
Num vale tudo com o Jiu-Jitsu
O capoeira vencer
Mas foi
Foi
Foi no clarão da Lua
Que eu vi acontecer
Num vale tudo com o Jiu-Jitsu
O capoeira vencer
Deu armada, deu rasteira,
meia-Lua e a ponteira
Logo no primeiro round,
venceu o capoeira
Em baixo do ringue
Mestre Bimba vibrava
Tocando seu berimbau
Enquanto a gente cantava,
Mas foi
Foi
Foi no clarão da Lua
Que eu vi acontecer
Num vale tudo com o Jiu-Jitsu
O capoeira vencer
It was
It was in the moonlight
That I saw it happen
In a freefight with jiu-jitsu
The capoeirista won
But it was
It was
It was in the moonlight
That I saw it happen
In a freefight with jiu-jitsu
The capoeirista won
He gave an armada and rasteria
Meia lua and a ponteira
Soon in the first round
The capoeirista won
Below in the ring
Mestre Bimba was thrilled
Playing his berimbau
While (we) the people sang
But it was
It was
It was in the moonlight
That I saw it happen
In a freefight with jiu-jitsu
The capoeirista won