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House with three courtyards,
an old cistern marked by the lime
fights to the death with the years
fights with the humidity.

House with three courtyards,
where pillars support corridors
and the kitchens have 9 or 10 stoves
House with three courtyards,
they speak of poverty, they speak of pains,
they speak of greatness, they speak of sweats

There are people who leave
there are people who stay
there are people who don't make it
people despair
House with three courtyards.

In the street, the Pharmacy
while the boys with the girls
played hide and seek.
In the street, the Pharmacy
our fathers and mothers
didn't have food to eat, but the greatness
of that neighborhood makes poverty
a human value.

There are people who leave
there are people who stay
there are people who don't make it
people despair
House with three courtyards.

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