Breath of Life
Full of curiosity one day I asked Life:
"Life, who would I be if I wasn't who I am now?"
I'm sure it wouldn't be known as
Maria Lucia, Maria, Lucia or Lucinha...
Maybe it could have other names, like Laura, Rita or Carolina!
But with such different names,
I would never be called what they call me...
Sweet Maria, sweet Lucinha.
While waiting for Life's answer,
I was lost in thought.
Crazy thoughts but true,
Thoughts about my life.
Rebecca!!! Yes, I think that would be my name.
With that name I would be, who knows, the woman of dreams.
Rebecca the perfect woman,
Woman knowing all the secrets of life.
But being Rebecca? I asked Life again:
"Where would I be living now? Who knows in another world?"
Living in an empty world,
Living a lifeless life!
Without seeing the blossoming flowers and the green of the fields,
Without seeing the wind in autumn taking the leaves,
Without accompanying my children as they grew up...
Without having only one love in life.
Coming back to me from these crazy thoughts,
Frightened, I asked Life:
" Life life!
Let me get on with my own life.
I want to be Maria Lucia, Maria, Lucia, Lucinha...
I'm happy with the life you've chosen for Maria."
Regent's Park. London, November 1989
MARIA LUCIA DA COSTAHOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
Breath of Life I love you as I love the flowers that brighten up Summer.I love you as I love the air on a mild morning.I love you with feelings that come from deep in my heart,Feelings of a future always with you by my side,Of a future being forever part of your...
WHAT WILL IT BE?
Breath of Life Wonder what makes me feel this immense void,As if my thoughts were asleep,My aimless, meaningless steps? What is this strange feeling,That follows me in my day to day,That doesn't leave me, consumes me and dominates me? Wonder what you take from my...
WITHOUT YOU AT HOME
Breath of Life Don't let yourself be defeated Be a winner. Don't get lost and scared in crooked paths In which Life often makes you walk. Step firmly, as if you were walking On fresh green grass, With your will to win, With your will to win Life. Always seek the hope...
BE A WINNER
Breath of Life Don't let yourself be defeated Be a winner. Don't get lost and scared in crooked paths In which Life often makes you walk. Step firmly, as if you were walking On fresh green grass, With your will to win, With your will to win Life. Always seek the hope...
TIME TO GO BACK
MY DIVIDED HEART
Breath of Life I feel my heart divided For those who are close to me and whom I love so much, And by whom, far be it from me... And whom I love very much too. I live with my heart divided, For the immense desire to stay, for the immense desire to leave, Living only in...