| Soco, soco, bate, bate | Strike—strike—the knuckles thunder, |
| Soco, soco, vira, vira | Strike—strike—a whirl and sunder, |
| Soco, bate, soco, vira | Strike—then answer—strike, then spin, |
| Soco, bate, vira | Strike, reply, and twirl within, |
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| Você brinca com o amigo | You play, as children do, with friends— |
| Você brinca até sozinho | Or in solitude, your laughter bends. |
| Pode ser perna na mão | Perhaps your leg, like willow, arcs in hand, |
| Pode ser na mão com a mão | Or hands, like swans, in mirrored tandem stand. |
| Quem embola se enrola | She who tangles threads will find them twined, |
| Preste muita atenção | Attend, for careless eyes are blind. |
| Porque tudo tem que ser | For every moment must ignite |
| Rapidão | Swift as flint’s impatient light. |
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| Soco, soco mão fechada | Strike—strike—your fist, a stone— |
| Bate, bate mão aberta | Clap—clap—your palm, full-grown, |
| Se trocar, se bater fora | If you change, or falter, or lose the thread, |
| Bobeou a gente erra | A slip—a single breath—and we are led |
| Tá na hora de treinar | To train, to practice, now the hour is cast, |
| Vou fazer bem devagar | Let me move with patience, slow and vast, |
| Porque logo, logo vai | For soon, the moment’s wings will race— |
| Acelerar | And haste will quicken every pace. |
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| Soco, soco, bate, bate | Strike—strike—the knuckles thunder, |
| Soco, soco, vira, vira | Strike—strike—a whirl and sunder, |
| Soco, bate, soco, vira | Strike—then answer—strike, then spin, |
| Soco, bate, vira | Strike, reply, and twirl within |