Breath of Life
Chico coração de criança,
Parecendo um menino grande,
Poeta amante, cantante,
Do verde, da vida do rico e do pobre,
Que sofre em nosso país.
Chico de braços abertos, cantando e sorrindo,
Veio representar nossa música, nossa terra,
Encantando à todos, sedentos
Por suas músicas serenas, alegres, ardentes,
Vindo do fundo de um coração de poeta.
Chico que com Marieta,
Trouxe seu canto brejeiro, cheirando veneno.
Que veio e que trouxe, momentos divinos, momentos de vida,
Para nós Brasileiros saudosos,
Por estarmos distantes de nossa terra.
Chico coração de criança,
Parecendo um menino grande,
Poeta amante, cantante,
Do verde, da vida do rico e do pobre,
Que sofre em nosso país.
Em casa. Londres, julho 1993
MARIA LUCIA DA COSTA
WHY
Breath of Life Why is there a lie?Uncertainty, betrayal, pain, falsehood,disbelief and disillusionment? Why is there evil? This evil that surrounds usMaking us live in a world of betrayals,Tormented by constant restlessness? The reason for dissatisfaction... leading...
BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE, TO THE RIVER
Breath of Life That's how I stayed... tied on top of suitcases, until the moment we got on the plane to start our trip to Rio de Janeiro. My mother, as always, took great care of me, and always looked after me so that I wouldn't fall. I had already noticed that his...
INSOMNIA NIGHTS
Breath of Life Sleepless nights thinking about life, Nights with ghosts dominating my mind. Whole sleepless nights I spend, I feel the dawn of another day coming. Why this great anguish and these nights of tears In a heart so full of life? My thoughts are foolish,...
IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY
Breath of Life If you want to be happy Try to be like the deaf who don't hear, The blind who don't see, So that you don't hear and don't see what makes you suffer. If you want to be happy... Try not to remember moments from the distant past, Moments that never come...
WAITING FOR DAWN
Breath of Life Long were the nights of aloneness,Long were the nights of sorrow and pain.Nights having for companion only worrying thoughts,Draining from me my energy… my dreams. Too much energy of my body was gone from this distress,Too many hours of my life are...
ANOTHER DOLL???
Breath of Life But what can I do? I always thought that I would be the only one who could replace the emptiness that my mother felt when her Três Marias, as she called her three daughters Teresa Maria, Claudia Maria and Paula Maria, got married, as well as her son...