DJARFOGU É SABI!
(Cape Verdean Creole)

Oi Djarfogu é sabi
Oi oi Djarfogu é doci
Ama é rafugadu
Djarfogu é assuntu sagradu

Oi Djarfogu é sabi
Ampô pa dizaforu
Kem ki ka pode ku el
Sai di kamim xal pasa

Oi Djarfogu é riju
Ku se petu di bronzi
Djarfogu ku tom ama som
Djarfogu alma di sitim

Ó Djarfogu manduku
Oi oi Djarfogu rafodju
Djarfogu karkutisan
Djarfogu é um so nes mundu

Djarfogu koragi
É bó Djarfogu di força
Mundu sta na bu pé
Nos tudu sta li pa bó

Ó Djarfogu maior
Subi di riba’l tudu
Bu da mon na bu petu
Fra me propi bó ke bó!

Ó Djarfogu di nós
Ampô bó bu ta frontanu
O ki bu sodadi pertanu
Inda bem kel ka ta mata

Djarfogu koragi
É bó Djarfogu di força…

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DJARFOGU IS WONDERFUL!
(English)

Oh, oh, Djarfogu is nice
And it’s passionate
Djarfogu is a sacred subject

Oh, Djarfogu is wonderful
Challengingly wonderful
If you can’t handle it
Get out of the way and let it through

Oh, Djarfogu is tough
With its chest of bronze
Djarfogu with its tone and its sound
Djarfogu, soul of satin

Oh, Djarfogu, wooden club
Oh, oh, Djarfogu, of double entendres
Djarfogu of karkutisan
There’s only one Djarfogu in this world

Courage, Djarfogu
You’ve got the strength
The world is at your feet
We’re all here for you

Oh, Djarfogu, the greatest
Rise way above it all
Pound your hand on your chest
And say, you’re really the one

Oh, this Djarfogu of ours
You’re really too much for us
When nostalgia presses upon our hearts
It’s good knowing it won´t kill us

Courage, Djarfogu
You’ve got the strength
The world is at your feet
We’re all here for you