Cantiga de Paz
Célia Tomboly
Song of Peace
If you want to feel
The peace within you
Listen, my brother:
Be silent and wait
For spring to return
In the power of prayer
Turn your sobbing
Into hopeful laughter
In the tomorrow that comes
After the storm
Calm always follows
Now or beyond
On your long journey
Only you have the power
To turn thorns
Into fragrant flowers
That, in the sunlight of trust
Adorn your paths
Looking around you
You will see sad souls
Asking for love
Forget your sadness
Smile, support, and warm
Whoever the brother may be
Enduring rain and wind
The wheat fields turn golden
Without speaking of their pain
And so the cloud passes
The generous earth
Unbuttons into flowers
Imitate Nature
That dissolves into light
Until dusk
And when night arrives
The sky lights up with stars
Until dawn
