Alexandre

He was born in the month of the lion, his mother a maenad
And the king your father, such a brave conqueror

That the teenage prince thought there would be nothing left
So, if he became king, he could conquer by himself

But very soon he revealed himself to be an extraordinary boy
The bronze body, the rain-colored eyes and the sun-colored hair

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

He chose his horse because it seemed indomitable
And he named him Bucephalus when he dominated him
To the joy, astonishment and scandal of his own father

Who hired as his perceiver a wise man from Stagira
Whose head still supports the West today

The name Aristotle - name Aristotle - would be repeated
From those times to our times and beyond

He taught young Alexander to feel philosophy
So that more than being strong and brave, he would also be wise

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

As a child he surprised important visitors
Coming as ambassadors of the Empire of Persia

For he received them, in Felipe's absence, with elegant gestures
That the king, his own father, would not be able to

Soon he would be at Felipe's side on the battlefield
And would mark his name in history among the great generals

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

With Hephaestion, your beloved
Your good in peace and war

He ran in honor of Patroclus - both naked bodies
Next to the tomb of Achilles, the enamored hero, love

In the great battle of Chaeronea, Alexander destroyed
The Sacred squadron of Thebes, called "Invincible"

At sixteen years old, only sixteen years old, he already showed
All the breadth of the light of his military genius

Olímpia encouraged the boy from the Sun to assert himself
If Felipe let the family of the mother of another of his children insinuate themselves

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Made king at twenty
Transformed Macedonia

Which was a peripheral kingdom, (called barbarian)
In support of Hellenism and two Greeks, their future, their sun

The great Alexander the Great, Alexander
Conquered Egypt and Persia
Founded cities, cut the Gordian knot, was great

Got drunk on power, high and deep, founding our world
He was generous and evil, magnanimous and cruel

He married a Persian, mixing races, he changed us land, sky and sea
He died very young, but before that he imposed himself from the Punjab to Gilbraltar

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky

Alexander
From Olímpia and Felipe the boy was born, but he learned
That your father was a bolt of lightning that came from the sky