The Most Beautiful Band in the City: A Joyous Prayer from Brazil

A per­fect way to chase away the Mon­day morn­ing blues. Once obscure, the Brazil­ian musi­cal group A Ban­da Mais Boni­ta da Cidade (or “The Most Beau­ti­ful Band in the City”) has been rid­ing a wave of pop­u­lar­i­ty for the past two weeks, ever since their video, guar­an­teed to put a lit­tle smile on your face, went viral on YouTube. Oração (or “Prayer”) is their song; and it has reg­is­tered some 4.7 mil­lion views since May 17.

Thanks to a com­menter over at Metafil­ter, you can now find a quick and dirty trans­la­tion of the lyrics. (The trans­la­tion also appears after the jump). Plus we have Por­tuguese primers in our col­lec­tion of Free Lan­guage Lessons.

And if you’re look­ing for a par­o­dy of the viral video — it was only a mat­ter of time, right? — you can find it here. It’s now clock­ing in at 1.2 mil­lion views…

My love, this is the final prayer
To save your heart
(the) heart is not as sim­ple as you think
in it fits that which does not fit in the pantry/cupboard

Cho­rus:
It fits my love!
It fits three life­times
It fits a dress­ing table (I total­ly had to look that word up)
It fits us two

It fits even my love, this is the final prayer
To save your heart
(the) heart is not as sim­ple as you think
in it fits that which does not fit in the pantry/cupboard

Cho­rus:
It fits my love!
It fits three life­times (tech­ni­cal­ly “they fit, 3 lives, inside)
It fits a dress­ing table (I total­ly had to look that word up)
It fits us two

Repeat the last verse.

Repeat the cho­rus.

Dance through­out.